#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Yankee Go Home, Richard Thompson Intro GCGCGCGC/G G D G.I. Joe put your gun away G D The sun is setting on another day C D Why don't you leave us alone GC/G G D They're burning effigies out in the street G D Man the lifeboats, sound the retreat C D Pentagon's on the Phone G F C You can't just kiss and run away Eb Bb There ain't enough money on a sergeant's pay D/A Am7 D 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 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 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 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 Overpaid, oversexed and over here get smart, gringo, disappear The Hun's at the gates of Rome