Chords for The ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen lyrics
Tempo:
93.6 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
A
D
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Bm]
Men walking along the railroad tracks
[D] Going some place and there's no [A] going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
[Bm] I'd sleep on a campfire on the bridge
Shelter lines stretching around the corner
Welcome [D] to the new [A] world, oh
Family sleeping in the car in the southwest
[Bm] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what it [Bm] does
[A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
[Bm] Searching for the ghost of conjure
There's a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[D] Preacher lights up a butt-end and [A] takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[Bm] In a cardboard box sneaking in the past
Got a one-way ticket to the promise land
You [D] got a hole in your belly and a [A] gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[Bm] Breathing in the city air going down
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] The way it's headed [Bm] everybody knows
Sitting [A] down here in the campfire line
[Bm] Waiting on the ghost of conjure
[G]
[D]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
Mama, if there's a cop beating a guy
You're [D] hungry and poor and baby [A] you cry
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for [F#m] me mama, I'll [Bm] be there
There's somebody fighting for a place to stay
[D] A decent job or [A] a happy night
There's somebody struggling to be free
[Bm]
Look in their eyes mama, you'll see me
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what [Bm] it does
[A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
[Bm] With my ghost the whole time, child
[G] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B]
Men walking along the railroad tracks
[D] Going some place and there's no [A] going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
[Bm] I'd sleep on a campfire on the bridge
Shelter lines stretching around the corner
Welcome [D] to the new [A] world, oh
Family sleeping in the car in the southwest
[Bm] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what it [Bm] does
[A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
[Bm] Searching for the ghost of conjure
There's a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[D] Preacher lights up a butt-end and [A] takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[Bm] In a cardboard box sneaking in the past
Got a one-way ticket to the promise land
You [D] got a hole in your belly and a [A] gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[Bm] Breathing in the city air going down
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] The way it's headed [Bm] everybody knows
Sitting [A] down here in the campfire line
[Bm] Waiting on the ghost of conjure
[G]
[D]
[Bm] [A] [Bm]
Mama, if there's a cop beating a guy
You're [D] hungry and poor and baby [A] you cry
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for [F#m] me mama, I'll [Bm] be there
There's somebody fighting for a place to stay
[D] A decent job or [A] a happy night
There's somebody struggling to be free
[Bm]
Look in their eyes mama, you'll see me
[G] The highway is alive tonight
[D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what [Bm] it does
[A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
[Bm] With my ghost the whole time, child
[G] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [B]
Key:
Bm
A
D
G
F#m
Bm
A
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Men walking along the railroad tracks
_ _ _ [D] Going some place and there's no [A] going back
_ Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
_ _ [Bm] I'd sleep on a campfire on the bridge
_ _ Shelter lines stretching around the corner
Welcome _ _ [D] to the new [A] world, oh
_ Family sleeping in the car in the southwest
_ _ [Bm] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
_ _ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ [D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what it [Bm] does
_ _ [A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
_ _ _ [Bm] Searching for the ghost of conjure
_ _ There's a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
_ _ [D] Preacher lights up a butt-end and [A] takes a drag
_ Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
_ _ [Bm] In a cardboard box sneaking in the past
Got a one-way ticket to the promise land
You _ [D] got a hole in your belly and a [A] gun in your hand
_ _ Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Breathing in the city air going down
_ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ [D] The way it's headed [Bm] everybody knows
Sitting _ [A] down here in the campfire line
_ _ [Bm] Waiting on the ghost of conjure
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama, if there's a cop beating a guy
_ _ You're [D] hungry and poor and baby [A] you cry
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air _ _ _
Look for [F#m] me mama, I'll [Bm] be there
_ There's somebody fighting for a place to stay
_ _ [D] A decent job or [A] a happy night
_ There's somebody struggling to be free
_ _ _ [Bm]
Look in their eyes mama, you'll see me
_ _ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ _ [D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what [Bm] it does
_ _ [A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
_ _ [Bm] With my ghost the whole time, child
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Men walking along the railroad tracks
_ _ _ [D] Going some place and there's no [A] going back
_ Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
_ _ [Bm] I'd sleep on a campfire on the bridge
_ _ Shelter lines stretching around the corner
Welcome _ _ [D] to the new [A] world, oh
_ Family sleeping in the car in the southwest
_ _ [Bm] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
_ _ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ [D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what it [Bm] does
_ _ [A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
_ _ _ [Bm] Searching for the ghost of conjure
_ _ There's a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
_ _ [D] Preacher lights up a butt-end and [A] takes a drag
_ Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
_ _ [Bm] In a cardboard box sneaking in the past
Got a one-way ticket to the promise land
You _ [D] got a hole in your belly and a [A] gun in your hand
_ _ Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Breathing in the city air going down
_ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ [D] The way it's headed [Bm] everybody knows
Sitting _ [A] down here in the campfire line
_ _ [Bm] Waiting on the ghost of conjure
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama, if there's a cop beating a guy
_ _ You're [D] hungry and poor and baby [A] you cry
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air _ _ _
Look for [F#m] me mama, I'll [Bm] be there
_ There's somebody fighting for a place to stay
_ _ [D] A decent job or [A] a happy night
_ There's somebody struggling to be free
_ _ _ [Bm]
Look in their eyes mama, you'll see me
_ _ [G] The highway is alive tonight
_ _ _ [D] Nobody's kidding nobody about what [Bm] it does
_ _ [A] Sitting down here in the campfire line
_ _ [Bm] With my ghost the whole time, child
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _