Tuning: E A D G B E

Watch this video of Jeff to get the rhythm down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXLdmlqX_7M [Riff 1] e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------0-2-0-------| A|0-1-2-------2-1-0-| E|------------------| [Riff 2] E|------------------| B|1/3--3-3-3-3\1-0--| G|2/4--4-4-4-4\2-0--| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|------------------| ************************************ | \ Slide down | / Slide up ************************************ [Intro]

^Bb ^Am ^G [Riff 1] ^Bb ^Am ^G

[Verse 1]

^GI'm a dope ^GBlowing smoke at the ^CTV screen

^GI've lost all hope ^DBased on the ^Cthings I've seen

^GI'm a man content ^GFor the sake of ^Cargument

^GUnderneath each added straw ^DOh, I feel so ^CAmerican

G [Chorus]

^AmSpray paint me ^Ggold Pull my ^Amface up to the blin^Gds

^AmI'm a family ^Gghost you'll ^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behi^Gnd [Riff 1]

^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behi^Gnd G

[Verse 2]

^GI want to exist where the misfit fits ^GI want to have some ^Cpurpose

^GI believe what she believes ^DI believe my ^Cchildren

^GWhen the lights go off there's no applause ^GCondescending to the ^Chideous thought

^GImprisoned in my lonely skin ^DI feel so ^CAmerican

G [Chorus]

^AmSpray paint me ^Ggold Pull my ^Amface up to the blin^Gds

^AmI'm a family ^Gghost you'll ^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behi^Gnd [Riff 1]

^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behi^Gnd G

[Verse 2]

^GTime will tell this story again ^GIn different clothes than they ^Cwore back then

^GDigging holes and filling them in ^DI feel so ^CAmerican

G [Outro]

^AmSpray paint me ^Ggold Pull my f^Amace up to the ^Gblinds

^AmI'm a family ^Gghost you'll ^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behin^Gd [Riff 2]

^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behin^Gd [Riff 1] ^Bb ^Am You'll never leave behin^Gd Riff 2]

Bb Am G

Jeff Tweedy - Family ghost