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♫ Verse 1:
Cm B#m
Two months since you got back
Cm
How have you been and are you bored yet?
Cm B#m
The weather ain’t been bad
Cm
If you’re into masochistic bullshit
Cm B#m
And every photograph
Cm
That’s taken here is from the summer
Cm B#m
Some guy won Olympic gold
G Cm
Eight years ago, a distance runner
Cm
And that makes a lot of sense
B#m G Cm
This place is such great motivation
Cm B#m
For anyone tryna move
G
The f**k away from hibernation
Cm
Yoo-hoo
B#m G
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Cm Bm G
Oh, no
♫ Pre-Chorus:
Cm B#m
Well, I grew up in the fallout
G Cm
From the riots in the nineties
Cm B#m
Static cranes stand lifeless
G Cm
Casting shadows on the town
Cm B#m
I stare out that hallowed ocean
G Cm
As if to pick a fight
Cm B#m
For the dreams my old man dreamt for me
G
Lay on the other side, yeah
♫ Chorus:
Cm B#m
I would leave if only
Fm G
I could find a reason
Cm B#m
I’m mean because
Fm G
I grew up in New England
Cm B#m
I got dreams but
Fm G
I can’t make myself believe them
B#m Fm
Spendin’ the rest of my life
Cm G
With what could have been
B#m Fm
And I will die in the house
Cm G
That I grew up in
♫ Post-Chorus:
Cm
I’m homesick
G
I’m homesick
Cm
I’m homesick
B#m G
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
♫ Chorus:
Cm B#m
I would leave if only
Fm G
I could find a reason
Cm B#m
I’m mean because
Fm G
I grew up in New England
Cm B#m
I got dreams but
Fm G
I can’t make myself believe them
B#m Fm
Spendin’ the rest of my life
Cm G
With what could have been
B#m Fm
And I will die in the house
Cm G
That I grew up in
♫ Post-Chorus:
Cm
I’m homesick
G
I’m homesick
Cm
I’m homesick
♫ Outro:
Cm B#m Fm G
Cm B#m Fm G
Cm B#m Fm G
Cm B#m Fm G
Song History
Published: January 21, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025