Yankee, Go Home
Richard ThompsonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
G.I. Joe put your gun away
The sun is setting on another day
Why don't you leave us alone
Yankee Go Home
They're burning effigies out in the street
Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat
Pentagon's on the Phone
Yankee Go Home
You can't just kiss and run away
There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay
When the dance hall girl you banged's in the family way
You turned my sister into a whore
With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store
Why don't you leave use alone
Yankee Go Home
My girlfriend won't talk to me
Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free
I'm tired of being alone
Yankee Go Home
I've lost count of the chewing gum that I've had
And vodka-cola make my teeth go bad
We'll handle this on our own
Yankee Go Home
Dow Jones going into a stall
Spray paint saying it on every wall
The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall
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Readable chord sheet for Yankee, Go Home by Richard Thompson
[G] [C/G] [G] [C] [G] [G] [C/G] [G] [C/G] G[G].I. Joe put your gu[D]n away T[G]he sun is setting on ano[D]ther day W[C]hy don't you leave us alo[D]ne Y[G]ankee G[C/G]o Home T[G]hey're burning effigies ou[D]t in the street M[G]an the lifeboats, so[D]und the retreat P[C]entagon's on the Ph[D]one Y[G]ankee Go Home Y[F]ou can't just kiss an[C]d run away T[Eb]here ain't enough money o[Bb]n a sergeant's pay W[D/A]hen the dance hall gi[Am7]rl you banged's in the f[D]amily way You turned my sister into a whore With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store Why don't you leave use alone Yankee Go Home My girlfriend won't talk to me Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free I'm tired of being alone Yankee Go Home I've lost count of the chewing gum that I've had And vodka-cola make my teeth go bad We'll handle this on our own Yankee Go Home Dow Jones going into a stall Spray paint saying it on every wall The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall