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Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad chords
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 3:30 pm From: mister-monkey@gmx.de THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD by Bruce Springsteen (Live Performance 1999-10-23, Staples Center, LA) Hey, this is my first tab, i made this one for the version played live at the staples center in 1999. You best check the youtube link for the strumming pattern: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezJ_UaIP_g Capo: 3rd fret chords used (relative to capo) : Em (022000) G (320001) C (x32010) D/F# (200232) Intro: Em, G, D/F#, Em, C, G, Em, D/F# Em Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks G D/F# Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Em Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner G D/F# Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest Em No home no job no peace no rest C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bruce-springsteen/347576.html ] Em He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag G D/F# Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Em In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land G D/F# You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Em Bathin' in the city aqueduct C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad Band Interlude: C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| Em Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy G D/F# Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Em Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand G D/F# Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Em Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me." C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad Outro: C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| G,C,Em ************************************************************** Corrections are more than welcome. E-Mail me at: mister-monkey@gmx.de **************************************************************  |