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Song: The Ghost of Tom Joad Artist: Bruce Springsteen Album: The Ghost of Tom Joad Year: 1995 I've seen a few versions, but none have really had it written out the way in which it is played. Chord Variants Used: Am/G C/B E A D G B e E A D G B E ------------- ------------- 3 x 2 2 1 0 x 2 2 0 1 0 **Capo 2nd fret** (All chords relative to capo) Intro(Studio Version): Am Intro W/Harmonica*: Am F C C/B Am G Am *Some live versions and his recording for "The People Speak"
AmMan walkin‘ long the Am/GrailroaAmd tracks CGoin‘ some place there’s no goGing back
Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge
Hot Amsoup on a campfire uAm/Gnder the bAmridge Shelter line stretchin??Am/G? round thAme corner CWelcome to the new world Gorder
Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest
AmNo home no job no Am/Gpeace no Amrest FThe highway is alive tonight But nobody’Cs kiddin‘ nobody abC/Bout whereAm it goes GI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light AmSearchin‘ for thAm/Ge ghost of ToAmm Joad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and talks a drag Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard book neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathin‘ in the city aquaeduct The highway is alive tonight Where it’s headed everybody knows I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Harmonica Break : F C C/B Am G Am Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I’ll be there Wherever there’s somebody fightin‘ for a place to stand Or decent job or helping hand Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free Look in their eyes Mom you’ll see me" Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad Outro: F C C/B Am G Am x2 Last time: Am Am/G Am