Prefab Sprout – A Prisoner Of The Past (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon Full version (5:02) on "Andromeda Heights" (1997) Radio Edit (3:52) from Maxi CD: "A Prisoner of the Past" (1997) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G      3-x-2-0-1-3 (verse)
         3-x-2-0-1-0 (chorus)
G        3-2-0-0-0-3
Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2
Am7      x-0-2-0-1-3
C/D      x-x-0-0-1-3
D7sus4   x-x-0-2-1-3
Cmaj7/G  3-3-2-0-0-0
Gmaj7    3-x-4-4-3-x
D/G      3-x-0-2-3-2 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | % | | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % | [Verse 1]
      C/G                                                    G
I'm a ghost to you now, I'm someone you don't really wish to see

      C/G                                                      G
I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on me

             Bm7                Am7
Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook

          Bm7                     | C/D | C/D D7sus4 |
Baby your turn to wear the haunted look
[Chorus]
Cmaj7/G                    Gmaj7
     This ghost is here to stay

               C/G
I survived the blast

                        Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to pay

    D/G           C/G
I'm taking you at last -

  Am7           [ Cmaj7/G ]
A prisoner of the past
[Chorus]
Cmaj7/G                    Gmaj7
     This ghost is here to stay

                C/G
He survived the blast

                        Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to say

      D/G               C/G
"I've found my niche at last -

  Am7             |  G  |  %  |  %  |  %  |
A prisoner of the past"
[Interlude] | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % | [Verse 2]
   C/G                                                      G
Anywhere that you go, I'm going to be the welcome there for you

     C/G                                                     G
Everywhere that you go - be certain that the table's set for two

             Bm7                             Am7
Maybe you'll learn - there's nowhere you can go

            Bm7                         | C/D | C/D D7sus4 |
Baby you'll turn - as white, as white as snow
[Chorus]
Cmaj7/G                    Gmaj7
     This ghost is here to stay

               C/G
I survived the blast

                        Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to pay

    D/G           C/G
I'm taking you at last -

  Am7           [ Cmaj7/G ]
A prisoner of the past
[Chorus]
Cmaj7/G                    Gmaj7
     This ghost is here to stay

                C/G
He survived the blast

                        Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to say

      D/G               C/G
"I've found my niche at last -

  Am7           [ Cmaj7/G ]
A prisoner of the past
[Chorus]
Cmaj7/G                    Gmaj7
     This ghost is here to stay

               C/G
I survived the blast

                        Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to pay

    D/G           C/G
I'm taking you at last -

  Am7             |  G  |  %  | 
A prisoner of the past"
[Outro] | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % | [guitar solo and fade] | C/G | % | G | % | | C/G | % | G | % |