Chords for The ghost of Tom Joad

Tempo:
63.95 bpm
Chords used:

C#m

B

E

A

G#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The ghost of Tom Joad chords
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Been walking along the railroad tracks,
[E] Going some place with a [B] snow-dome back.
Out of patrol, choppers coming up over the ridge,
[C#m] Hot soup in the campfire under the bridge.
Ships of mine stretching [G#] round the [C#m] cove,
[E] They'll come to the New [B] World Oak.
They'll be sleeping in the cars on the south winds,
No [C#m]
home, no job, no peace for rent.
[A] The highway is alive tonight,
[E] But nobody's keeping [B] nobody where they [C#m] go.
[B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
[C#m]
Searching for the ghost of John,
He was a brave look out of his sleeping bag,
[E] Breaching lights of a [B] bird and a taxi drive.
Been home the last of the first and the first of the last,
[C#m] In a cardboard box we feel a little bad.
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land,
[E] You got a hole in your belly and a [B] gun in your hand.
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock,
[G#] Eating in the city as I could [C#m] not.
[A] The highway is alive tonight,
But [E] nobody's keeping nobody where they [C#m] go.
[B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
[G#] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
[C#m] [A]
[E]
[C#m] [B]
[C#m]
Some say, Mom, wherever there's a cop eating a guy,
[E] Or wherever a hungry, in the bone, [B] baby cries,
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air.
[C#m] Look for me, Mom, I'll be there,
[G#] Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stay,
[C#m] [E] Or a decent [B] job or a hill campaign,
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free.
[C#m] Looking down, I'll smile and you'll see me.
[A] The highway is alive tonight,
But [E] nobody's [B] keeping nobody where they [C#m] go.
[B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
[C#m] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
The [A] highway is alive tonight,
[E] [G#m]
[C#m] [B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
[C#m] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
[A] [E]
[C#m] [B]
[C#m]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[C#m]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[G#m]
Key:  
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
E
2311
A
1231
G#
134211114
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
E
2311
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Been walking along the railroad tracks, _
[E] Going some place with a [B] snow-dome back.
Out of patrol, choppers coming up over the ridge, _
[C#m] Hot soup in the campfire under the bridge. _
Ships of mine stretching [G#] round the [C#m] cove,
[E] They'll come to the New [B] World Oak.
They'll be sleeping in the cars on the south winds,
No [C#m]
home, no job, no peace for rent. _ _
[A] The highway is alive tonight,
_ [E] But nobody's keeping [B] nobody where they [C#m] go. _
[B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
_ _ [C#m]
Searching for the ghost of John,
_ He was a brave look out of his sleeping bag,
_ [E] Breaching lights of a [B] bird and a taxi drive.
Been home the last of the first and the first of the last,
_ [C#m] In a cardboard box we feel a little bad.
_ Got a one-way ticket to the promised land,
_ [E] You got a hole in your belly and a [B] gun in your hand.
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock,
_ _ [G#] Eating in the city as I could [C#m] not.
_ [A] The highway is alive tonight,
But [E] nobody's keeping nobody where they [C#m] go.
_ [B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
_ [G#] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ Some say, Mom, wherever there's a cop eating a guy,
[E] Or wherever a hungry, in the bone, [B] baby cries,
There's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air.
_ _ [C#m] Look for me, Mom, I'll be there,
[G#] Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stay,
[C#m] _ [E] Or a decent [B] job or a hill campaign,
_ Wherever somebody's struggling to be free.
_ _ [C#m] Looking down, I'll smile and you'll see me.
_ [A] The highway is alive tonight,
But [E] nobody's [B] keeping nobody where they [C#m] go.
_ [B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
_ [C#m] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
The _ [A] highway is alive tonight,
_ _ [E] _ [G#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] Sitting down here in the campfire light,
_ _ [C#m] Waiting for the ghost of old John.
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