Chords for The Ghost of Bleak House by Tom Chapin
Tempo:
100.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
F#
B
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [B]
[A] [F#] It sits at the edge of town, all creaky [E] and tumbledown.
An empty [Em] house, a scary house, a truly haunted and [Am] horrible house.
They say there's a [E] ghost within, a screamer with purple skin,
Who [A] bangs and booms and [Am] roams the rooms in a frenzy,
And I [E] am the ghost of Bleak [A] House.
[F] [E] I've lived [A] alone [Am] in Bleak House two hundred and twenty-five years,
Alone amid the cobwebs and dusty [E] chandeliers.
[D#] Wait a minute, what's this?
[Am] A moving van's [E] coming up the drive, [Am] a family [E] full of kids [Am] arrive.
They're getting out, [Em] they're coming in, unpacking cartons and [Am] furniture.
This [E] house is my private [Am] space, I'm not going to share the place.
[E] I'll howl and moan [G] and clank and groan [A#] in a frenzy,
To the unscare [E] of away from [A] Bleak House.
[F#] Leave this house at once!
Oh dear, [Bm] the piano's playing [A] all by itself.
Get out, get out, [D] get [G] out you kids!
[A] Don't just stand there in the [F#] hall.
What, did you see it?
Yeah, you see it Billy?
Yeah!
What [F#] was it?
A ghost?
A ghoul?
Whatever it was, it's cool.
Then search [A] the house, then drag it down the stairs,
To the big incredible ghost of [E] Bleak House.
[A#] [D#] [E] Go look in [B] the attic tower.
[A#m] Baby Gale, [Bm] you check out the basement.
Okay.
[A#] Oh, and Baby Gale?
What?
Be careful.
Okay.
[F#]
[F] [D#] [C] Gee, it's [A#] dark down here.
Hello?
[C]
Uncle?
[G] [F#] [E] Where are you?
[D] [C#] [F#]
Leave this house! Why?
This is my house!
It's our house too!
I've lived alone in Bleak [Em] House 225 [Bm] years.
[F#] I'm not about to stand for [B] a herd of [F#] mousetiers.
[D] Bleak House has so many [A] rooms, you can't live everywhere.
[D] If you're [G] 225, [A] you're old enough to share.
[F#] Share?
You want me to share?
[G] Ghosts don't share.
[D] You're a [G] very creaky [A] ghost, you need some company.
[D] And luckily, [G] you've now got Butch and [D] Billy and Ben and [E] Who?
Hey guys!
[C#]
[E] [D#m] Wow!
[B] Awesome!
[F#]
[B] Yo, I'm Butch, who are [E] you?
I am the [C#] late Josiah [E] Bleak.
So how about a game [F#] of hide and seek?
[B] Hide and seek?
Not it!
You're it, Bleaky!
But
what
but
You have to start counting.
Oh.
[E] One
two
It [B] sits at the edge of town.
[E] We've painted it [C] pink and brown.
[G#] And night or [B] day, we get to play with our very own personal ghost of Bleak House.
97
98
99
100
Ready or [E] not, here I [Em] come!
[A] [F#] It sits at the edge of town, all creaky [E] and tumbledown.
An empty [Em] house, a scary house, a truly haunted and [Am] horrible house.
They say there's a [E] ghost within, a screamer with purple skin,
Who [A] bangs and booms and [Am] roams the rooms in a frenzy,
And I [E] am the ghost of Bleak [A] House.
[F] [E] I've lived [A] alone [Am] in Bleak House two hundred and twenty-five years,
Alone amid the cobwebs and dusty [E] chandeliers.
[D#] Wait a minute, what's this?
[Am] A moving van's [E] coming up the drive, [Am] a family [E] full of kids [Am] arrive.
They're getting out, [Em] they're coming in, unpacking cartons and [Am] furniture.
This [E] house is my private [Am] space, I'm not going to share the place.
[E] I'll howl and moan [G] and clank and groan [A#] in a frenzy,
To the unscare [E] of away from [A] Bleak House.
[F#] Leave this house at once!
Oh dear, [Bm] the piano's playing [A] all by itself.
Get out, get out, [D] get [G] out you kids!
[A] Don't just stand there in the [F#] hall.
What, did you see it?
Yeah, you see it Billy?
Yeah!
What [F#] was it?
A ghost?
A ghoul?
Whatever it was, it's cool.
Then search [A] the house, then drag it down the stairs,
To the big incredible ghost of [E] Bleak House.
[A#] [D#] [E] Go look in [B] the attic tower.
[A#m] Baby Gale, [Bm] you check out the basement.
Okay.
[A#] Oh, and Baby Gale?
What?
Be careful.
Okay.
[F#]
[F] [D#] [C] Gee, it's [A#] dark down here.
Hello?
[C]
Uncle?
[G] [F#] [E] Where are you?
[D] [C#] [F#]
Leave this house! Why?
This is my house!
It's our house too!
I've lived alone in Bleak [Em] House 225 [Bm] years.
[F#] I'm not about to stand for [B] a herd of [F#] mousetiers.
[D] Bleak House has so many [A] rooms, you can't live everywhere.
[D] If you're [G] 225, [A] you're old enough to share.
[F#] Share?
You want me to share?
[G] Ghosts don't share.
[D] You're a [G] very creaky [A] ghost, you need some company.
[D] And luckily, [G] you've now got Butch and [D] Billy and Ben and [E] Who?
Hey guys!
[C#]
[E] [D#m] Wow!
[B] Awesome!
[F#]
[B] Yo, I'm Butch, who are [E] you?
I am the [C#] late Josiah [E] Bleak.
So how about a game [F#] of hide and seek?
[B] Hide and seek?
Not it!
You're it, Bleaky!
But
what
but
You have to start counting.
Oh.
[E] One
two
It [B] sits at the edge of town.
[E] We've painted it [C] pink and brown.
[G#] And night or [B] day, we get to play with our very own personal ghost of Bleak House.
97
98
99
100
Ready or [E] not, here I [Em] come!
Key:
E
A
F#
B
Am
E
A
F#
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [F#] It sits at the edge of town, all creaky [E] and tumbledown.
An empty [Em] house, a scary house, a truly haunted and [Am] horrible house.
They say there's a [E] ghost within, a screamer with purple skin,
Who [A] bangs and booms and [Am] roams the rooms in a frenzy,
And I [E] am the ghost of Bleak [A] House. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] I've lived [A] alone [Am] in Bleak House two hundred and twenty-five years,
Alone amid the cobwebs and dusty _ [E] chandeliers.
[D#] Wait a minute, what's this?
[Am] A moving van's [E] coming up the drive, [Am] a family [E] full of kids [Am] arrive.
They're getting out, [Em] they're coming in, unpacking cartons and [Am] furniture.
This [E] house is my private [Am] space, I'm not going to share the place.
[E] I'll howl and moan [G] and clank and groan [A#] in a frenzy,
To the unscare [E] of away from [A] Bleak House. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ Leave this house at once!
_ Oh dear, [Bm] the piano's playing [A] all by itself.
Get out, get out, [D] get [G] out you kids!
[A] _ Don't just stand there in the [F#] hall.
What, did you see it?
Yeah, you see it Billy?
Yeah!
What [F#] was it?
A ghost?
A ghoul?
Whatever it was, it's cool.
Then search [A] the house, then drag it down the stairs,
To the big incredible ghost of [E] Bleak House. _
[A#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ Go look in [B] the attic tower.
[A#m] Baby Gale, [Bm] you check out the basement.
Okay.
[A#] Oh, and Baby Gale?
What?
Be careful.
Okay.
[F#] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C] Gee, it's [A#] dark down here.
_ Hello?
_ _ [C]
Uncle?
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ [E] Where are you?
[D] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
Leave this house! Why?
This is my house!
It's our house too!
I've lived alone in Bleak [Em] House 225 [Bm] years.
[F#] I'm not about to stand for [B] a herd of [F#] mousetiers.
[D] Bleak House has so many [A] rooms, you can't live everywhere.
[D] If you're _ [G] 225, [A] you're old enough to share.
[F#] Share?
You want me to share?
[G] Ghosts don't share.
[D] You're a [G] very creaky [A] ghost, you need some company.
[D] And luckily, [G] you've now got Butch and [D] Billy and Ben and_ [E] Who?
Hey guys!
[C#] _ _
[E] _ _ [D#m] Wow!
[B] Awesome!
[F#] _ _
[B] _ Yo, I'm Butch, who are [E] you?
I am the [C#] late Josiah [E] Bleak.
So how about a game [F#] of hide and seek?
[B] Hide and seek?
Not it! _
_ You're it, Bleaky!
But_
what_
but_
You have to start counting.
Oh.
_ [E] One_
two_
It [B] sits at the edge of town.
[E] We've painted it [C] pink and brown.
[G#] And night or [B] day, we get to play with our very own personal ghost of Bleak House.
97_
98_
_ 99_
100_
Ready or [E] not, here I [Em] come! _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#] It sits at the edge of town, all creaky [E] and tumbledown.
An empty [Em] house, a scary house, a truly haunted and [Am] horrible house.
They say there's a [E] ghost within, a screamer with purple skin,
Who [A] bangs and booms and [Am] roams the rooms in a frenzy,
And I [E] am the ghost of Bleak [A] House. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] I've lived [A] alone [Am] in Bleak House two hundred and twenty-five years,
Alone amid the cobwebs and dusty _ [E] chandeliers.
[D#] Wait a minute, what's this?
[Am] A moving van's [E] coming up the drive, [Am] a family [E] full of kids [Am] arrive.
They're getting out, [Em] they're coming in, unpacking cartons and [Am] furniture.
This [E] house is my private [Am] space, I'm not going to share the place.
[E] I'll howl and moan [G] and clank and groan [A#] in a frenzy,
To the unscare [E] of away from [A] Bleak House. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ Leave this house at once!
_ Oh dear, [Bm] the piano's playing [A] all by itself.
Get out, get out, [D] get [G] out you kids!
[A] _ Don't just stand there in the [F#] hall.
What, did you see it?
Yeah, you see it Billy?
Yeah!
What [F#] was it?
A ghost?
A ghoul?
Whatever it was, it's cool.
Then search [A] the house, then drag it down the stairs,
To the big incredible ghost of [E] Bleak House. _
[A#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ Go look in [B] the attic tower.
[A#m] Baby Gale, [Bm] you check out the basement.
Okay.
[A#] Oh, and Baby Gale?
What?
Be careful.
Okay.
[F#] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [C] Gee, it's [A#] dark down here.
_ Hello?
_ _ [C]
Uncle?
_ [G] _ _ [F#] _ [E] Where are you?
[D] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
Leave this house! Why?
This is my house!
It's our house too!
I've lived alone in Bleak [Em] House 225 [Bm] years.
[F#] I'm not about to stand for [B] a herd of [F#] mousetiers.
[D] Bleak House has so many [A] rooms, you can't live everywhere.
[D] If you're _ [G] 225, [A] you're old enough to share.
[F#] Share?
You want me to share?
[G] Ghosts don't share.
[D] You're a [G] very creaky [A] ghost, you need some company.
[D] And luckily, [G] you've now got Butch and [D] Billy and Ben and_ [E] Who?
Hey guys!
[C#] _ _
[E] _ _ [D#m] Wow!
[B] Awesome!
[F#] _ _
[B] _ Yo, I'm Butch, who are [E] you?
I am the [C#] late Josiah [E] Bleak.
So how about a game [F#] of hide and seek?
[B] Hide and seek?
Not it! _
_ You're it, Bleaky!
But_
what_
but_
You have to start counting.
Oh.
_ [E] One_
two_
It [B] sits at the edge of town.
[E] We've painted it [C] pink and brown.
[G#] And night or [B] day, we get to play with our very own personal ghost of Bleak House.
97_
98_
_ 99_
100_
Ready or [E] not, here I [Em] come! _ _ _ _ _