The Ghost Of Tom Joad Chords & Tabs
The Ghost Of Tom Joad Chords
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 3:30 pm
From: mister-monkey@gmx.de
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
by Bruce Springsteen
(Live Performance 1999-10-23, Staples Center, LA)
Hey, this is my first tab, i made this one for the version played live at the
staples center in 1999.
You best check the youtube link for the strumming pattern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezJ_UaIP_g
Capo: 3rd fret
chords used (relative to capo) :
Em (022000)
G (320001)
C (x32010)
D/F# (200232)
Intro: Em, G, D/F#, Em, C, G, Em, D/F#
Em
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
G D/F#
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Em
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
G D/F#
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
Em
No home no job no peace no rest
C
The highway is alive tonight
G Em
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
D/F#
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Em
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/the_ghost_of_tom_joad_crd_ver_4.html ]
Em
He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
G D/F#
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
Em
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
G D/F#
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Em
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
C
The highway is alive tonight
G Em
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
D/F#
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Em
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
Band Interlude: C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :|
Em
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
G D/F#
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Em
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
G D/F#
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Em
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
C
The highway is alive tonight
G Em
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
D/F#
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Em
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
Outro:
C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| G,C,Em
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Corrections are more than welcome.
E-Mail me at: mister-monkey@gmx.de
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