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Noah Kahan – Homesick Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG Em C AmG/BD

KeyKeyCapo

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[Verse 1]
     G                    Em
Two months since you got back
              C
How have you been and
          G
are you bored yet?
                        Em
The weather ain't been bad
                C           G
If you're into masochistic bullshit
                 Em
And every photograph
              C                   G
That's taken here is from the summer
                      Em
Some guy won Olympic gold
              C              G
Eight years ago, a distance runner
                            Em
And that makes a lot of sense
               C              G
This place is such great motivation
                  Em
For anyone tryna move
           C
The fck away from hibernation
        G
Yoo-hoo
Am       G/B   C
Ooh, ooh-ooh
        G    Am   G/B   C
Oh, no

[Pre-Chorus]
           G             Em
Well, I'm tired of dirt roads
             C
Named after high school
            G
 friends' grandfathers
                   Em
And motherfuckers here
                       C
Still don't know they caught
             G
the Boston bombers
                     Em
Timе moves so damn slow
           C              G
I swear I feel my organs failing
                          Em
I stopped caring 'bout a month ago
        C
Sincе then it's been
smooth sailing

[Chorus]
G         Em           D
 I would leave if only I
              C
could find a reason
G     Em              D
 I'm mean because I grew
           C
up in New England
G        Em                 D
 I got dreams, but I can't make
           C
 myself believe them
           Em         D
Spend the rest of my life with
     G                C
what could have been
            Em         D
And I will die in the house
          G        C
 that I grew up in
              G    Am
I'm homesick
G/B           C
 I'm homesick
              G
I'm homesick
    Am     G/B               C
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

[Chorus]
G         Em           D
 I would leave if only I
              C
could find a reason
G     Em              D
 I'm mean because I grew up
        C
 in New England
G        Em
 I got dreams, but I can't

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 D             C
make myself believe them
           Em         D
Spend the rest of my life with
     G                C
 what could have been
            Em         D
And I will die in the house that
     G        C
 I grew up in
             C
I'm homesick
             C
I'm homesick
             G    Em    D    C
I'm homesick
         G    Em    D    C
I'm homesick
      G    Em    D    C

[End]
G    Em   D    C

How to play Homesick: key, chords and progression

These are Homesick chords by Noah Kahan on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Homesick by Noah Kahan keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 6 chords: G, Em, C, Am, G/B and D.

Listen for G – Em – C – G (I – vi – IV – I in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.