Neutral Milk Hotel – Ghost (Bass Tab)
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Speed:
1.0x
What I think is the bass comes in at around 7 seconds in.
You're gonna want to play this with a lot of distortion.
Listen to the song for the exact timing.
[Intro]
G|---------------------------| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| E|-0----------------0--------|
[Verse 1]
"Ghost, Ghost, I know you live within me, feel as you fly." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------| "Love with all that was left withing me, 'til we tore in two." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Now wings and rings and there's so many, waiting here for you." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------2-------0-----------------------------| E|-0--------------0------------------------------------0--------------------|
[Verse 2]
"And she was born in a bottle rocket in 1929." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------| "All drenched in milk and holy water, pouring from the sky" G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| "I know that she will live forever, she won't ever die." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"And she goes, and now she knows she'll never be afraid." G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-2---------------2----------------------| E|------------------------------------0---|
"To watch the morning paper blow into a hole where no one can escape."
G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-2---------------2------------------0---| E|----------------------------------------| "Dee dee dee dee dee dee." G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-0--------------------------------------| E|-----------------0----------------------|
[Interlude]
G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|-0--------------------------------0---------------------| E|-----------------0----------------------------------0---| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|-2---------------0--------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------0----------------------|
[Verse 3]
"And one day in new york city, baby, a girl fell from the sky." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------| "And when her spirit left her body, how it split the sun." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| "I know that she will live forever, what goes on and on and on and." G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"And she goes, and now she knows she'll never be afraid." G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-2---------------2----------------------| E|------------------------------------0---|
"To watch the morning paper blow into a hole where no one can escape."
G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-2---------------2------------------0---| E|----------------------------------------| "Dee dee dee dee dee dee." G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-0--------------------------------------| E|-------------------------0--------------| "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH." G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|-0---------------2------------------0---| E|----------------------------------------|
[Outro]
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------9------------------------9-7-6----| A|-7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9--7-11-9----7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9-7----------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9--7-11-9\14---------------------------9-7-6---------------9-11---------| A|------------------------------------7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9-7-------9h11--7-6-6-7--------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
(Just repeat the open E until the song ends)
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