Misc Musicals – Adamandi - Ghost Writer (Guitar)

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[Verse]
   Gm
My grandmother says girls like us are like ghosts

    F
Who nobody sees 'til they're gone

        Eb                             Gm
You can try to get noticed, but nobody cares

     D7                          D
They expect you to fail and move on
[Verse]
  Gm
I tried to impress with reliableness

        F                C
Working weekends to best everyone

        F                        
But the newspaper's just like the rest of this school

           Eb                  D
They don't see what I do, only things getting done
[Chorus]
                   Gm
I've always been a ghost writer

Bb
Slipping through the cracks

Eb
Overlooked and overskilled

D7
Told to just relax

  Gm
A ghost writer

Bb
Always left behind

    Eb
I'm done with condescending

    D
And pretending I don't mind
[Verse]
   Gm
My grandmother says I should strike from behind

       F                  Cm
'cause no-one will notice before

           Eb       Bb        Eb
There's no honor in trying to battle them all

          D
Those who live through the day win the war
[Verse]
  Gm
I can't let them know that I'm not giving up

    F              Cm       F
And ambition won't leave me alone

        Eb
They've ignored me so long, why not let it go on

      D7
Prove I'm not unskilled, just unknown
[Chorus]
              Gm
When you're a ghost writer

Bb
No-one knows your name

    Eb
But they won't try to cheat you

       D7
If you aren't playing their game

           Gm
You stay a ghost writer

Bb
Lonely but secure

Eb
Relying on your lies is what

    D
You must do to be sure
[Bridge]
      Gm
Going here I have the power

        Bb
To lift up the girls unseen

        Eb
No more hiding from the headlines

          D
Nothing's coming in between

       Gm
No one needs to know my name before

    Bb
The good I'm gonna do

        Eb
I won't let their deaths be pointless
N.C. There's more good I'm gonna do
        Eb
Would I win this if I didn't?

        D                 D7
Would I prove my worth to you?
[Verse]
        Eb                                Ebmaj7
Did you ever write a story that shook the world to its core?

        Eb                           Ebmaj7                 Eb
Did you publish an indictment of the wrong side of a war?
N.C. They were children, too, how could they deserve what they got?
D
(spoken) You want to change the world, Bea?
N.C Now's your fucking shot! [Verse]
   G5          Gm
My grandmother says you can lose half your soul

         Dm       Cm         Bb
Pleasing everyone all of the time

Eb
We know each winner has trampled their classmates

      D
We'll publicize every crime

       Gm                        Bb
We can challenge injustice right here in this school

         Eb
Make the admin all see what they've done
N.C. We're meant to be separate and fight with each other
       D                              Dm
'cause they can't have us fighting as one
[Chorus]
       Gm
Been a ghost writer

Bb
Letting life run by

      Eb
But I need to stop this game now

      D
Or at least I have to try

       Gm
Been a ghost writer

    Bb
But no one else should be!

        Cm
No more hiding, I'm deciding

        D                   Ebmaj7
I'm the one they'll have to see

                D       Gm
The one they'll have to see…