G         C       D
Oh, G.I. Joe put your gun away
       G         C       D
The sun is setting on another day
 C                       D
Why don't you leave us alone
   G          C
Yankee, go home

[Verse 2]

     G         C       D
They're burning effigies out in the street
          G         C       D
Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat
  C                       D
Pentagon's on the phone
   G          C
Yankee, go home

[Bridge]

F                       C
You can't just kiss and run away
 Eb                            Bb
There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay
 D                           Am7                    D
When the dance hall girl you banged's in the family way

[Verse 3]

    G         C       D
Well, you turned my sister into a whore
       G         C       D
With a pair of silk stockings from the P.X. store
 C                       D
Why don't you leave us alone
 C                       D
Yankee, go home
   G          C
Yankee, go home

    G          C
Just go home

[Verse 4]

    G         C       D
My girlfriend still won't talk to me
       G         C       D
Since she met with a sailor from the land of the free
 C                       D
I'm tired of being alone
   G          C
Yankee, go home

[Verse 5]

       G         C       D
I lost count of the chewing gum that I've had
       G         C       D
And Coca-Cola made my teeth go bad
 C                       D
We'll handle this on our own
   G          C
Yankee, go home

[Second Bridge]

F                       C
Dow Jones going into a stall
 Eb                            Bb
Spray paint saying it on every wall
 D                           Am7                    D
The climb was fine, now it's time to decline and fall

[Final Verse]

       G         C       D
Overpaid, oversexed and over here
       G         C       D
Get smart, gringo, disappear
 C                       D
The Hun's at the gates of Rome
   G          C
Yankee, go home
   G          C
Yankee, go home
G
Go home
G
Go home
G
Go home