Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Guitar)
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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"
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am Man walkin‘ long the railroad tracks C G Goin‘ some place there’s no going back
Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge
Am Am/G Am Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Am/G Am Shelter line stretchin‘ round the corner C G Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest
Am Am/G Am No home no job no peace no rest
[Chorus]
F The highway is alive tonight C C/B Am But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes G I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Am Am/G Am Searchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag C G Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
Am Am/G Am In a cardboard box neath the underpass Am/G Am Got a one-way ticket to the promised land C G You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Am Am/G Am Bathin‘ in the city aquaeduct
[Chorus]
F The highway is alive tonight C C/B Am Where it’s headed everybody knows G I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Am Am/G Am Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[Harmonica Break]
F C C/B Am G Am
[Verse]
Am Am/G Am Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy C G Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Am Am/G Am Look for me Mom I’ll be there Am/G Am Wherever there’s somebody fightin‘ for a place to stand C G Or decent job or helping hand
Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free
Am Am/G Am Look in their eyes Mom you’ll see me"
[Chorus]
F Well the highway is alive tonight C C/B Am But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes G I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Am Am/G Am With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[Outro]
F C C/B Am G Am x2
Last time: Am Am/G Am