House of Heroes – Ghost (Ukulele)

(F)             C
Fell in love in high school

       F                        C
With a brown haired, green eyed girl

                       Am7
I walked her home most everyday

         F                  
Held her hand, I held the world

                    C
We made our plan to run away

           F                 C
I couldn't wait to share her life

                   Am7
We started countin down the days

             F                 C
She couldn't wait to be my wife

         F       C
I turned 18 that spring

                 Am7
By summer had my own place

       F               
And I bought my baby's ring

                 C
Fell in with the wrong crowd

         F                C
Breakin laws, I broke her heart

                 Am7
By autumn was in handcuffs

       F                          C
Baby's cryin out in her front yard

     G                    
And that's what hurt the most

  Am7                F
I saw it in her green eyes

               C
She had seen a ghost

               C
My mama saw me every week

           F             C
Tried her hardest not to cry

                     Am7
She told me that she loved me

      F               
Disappointment in her eyes

                 C
I said, "Mama, I love you too

              F                  C
And I'm gonna make you proud one day"

                 Am7
A month before I got out

             F               C
They told me mama passed away

     G           
And that's what hurt the most

  Am7          F                    C 
I saw it in her eyes, her son was a ghost

  Gsus              G
I hate this life I chose

Am7             F                  C
Long before she died her son was a ghost

            C
Now I got my freedom

       F                C
But it feels like emptiness

                Am7
In front of the apartment

           F               
Where your sister says you live

               C              F             C
And there's another man, who fills my empty shoes

                     Am7
And darlin you don't see me

         F                            C
But you know that I see you, I drift off...

          C
I'm gonna fade away

    F           C
Beyond the city lights

           Am7
I'm gonna fade away

F             
Through the emty night

           C
I'm gonna fade away

F                 C
Drifting out your life

        Am7
I wanna fade away

F                       C
Through the empty night