C           A#           F         Dm
Cracking my neck in the consulate line
         C          A#     F             Dm
While a homesick American flag's hanging by
       C            A#
In the fluorescent light
F            Dm           C              A#         F
Up close, I see how they stitched on the stars and stripes
C          A#         F            Dm
If I were honest, and if you were brave
       C       A#            F             Dm
You'd ask me a question and stay for the answer
C          A#            F            Dm
I like the way that you tell all your tales
         C           A#    F
Would it kill you to listen

       C  A#  F    A7     Dm       Am   G
And I geeeeet    homesick before I go away
   C    A#  F  A7     Dm       Am   G
I geeeeeet   homesick before I go away, away

C A# F Dm x2
Lalalalalala

C        A#     F           Dm
Green origami, needles and grapes
    C            A#        F           Dm
You cry like an army, you drive like P-plates
         C           A#
There is much to be said for
    F             Dm           C              A#       F
The way that you brake when a red light's in front of you
    C          A#         F               Dm
You ask me to give you my world, ah, the day
      C         A#
We'll do this togetha
    F            Dm
We got years to waste
         C          A#            F        Dm
You got lots of persuasions, and time to explain
         C         A#        F
But I've only got time for lunch

       C  A#  F    A7     Dm       Am   G
And I geeeeet    homesick before I go away
   C    A#  F  A7     Dm       Am   G
I geeeeeet   homesick before I go away, 
  Dm     Am   G
Before I go away

C A# F Dm
fade out with some ohohs and lalas