Edwin McCain
Ghosts of Jackson Square
Tabbed by: Dick Swaim
Email: richard.scott.swaim@us.army.mil
Tuning: EADGBe CAPO 2ND FRET
Chords used
G, C, D, Em, D/F#
Intro: [C add 9,G major] x4
e|-----------------------3---------3--------3----------|
B|----------------------3---------3--------3-----------|
G|--------0-------------0--------0--------0------------|
D|----2-----------------0--------0--------0------------|
A|-3----------------2--2------2-2-----2--2-------------|
E|------------3------3--3-----3-3-----3--3-------------|
Verse: [repeat intro lick with verse]
C add 9, G major
Ghost on the street today
C add 9, G major
doorways of jackson square
C add 9, G major
in tinsel and tap shoes
C add 9, G major
mardi gras beads in her hair
C add 9, G major
'n down to the graveyard
C add 9, G major
she wrung out her hands
C add 9, G major
as if he will meet her
C add 9, G major G major, D/F#, Em
all day she stands
CHORUS
Em C add 9
so don't leave me
G D G major, D/F#, Em
and I know you're justified
Em C add 9
so don't leave me
D C add 9, G major (Begin opening riff again)
'cause a part of you, in me diiiiied
(C add 9, G major) x3
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C add 9, G major
we wish ourselves beautiful
C add 9, G major
'n we cry in the night
C add 9, G major
and it's not the love you feel
C add 9, G major
but the fall from the heights
C add 9, G major
my personal ledges
C add 9, G major
afraid to look down
C add 9, G major
my crepe paper bridges
C add 9, G major G major, D/F#, Em
and no water to drown
(Begin opening riff again)
(C add 9, G major) x3
BRIDGE
Em C add 9 G D G major, D/F#, Em
and I see the lonely souls, searchin?
Em C add 9 D
but before the heartbreak goes,
(C add 9, G major riff) x3
draw the curtain
C add 9, G major
I'm a ghost on the streets today
C add 9, G major
surrounded by eyes
C add 9, G major
I feel them peer through me
C add 9, G major
and my harlequin disguise
C add 9, G major
if it makes you feel better
C add 9, G major
come join me a while
C add 9, G major
there's love in my open arms
C add 9, G major G major, D/F#, Em
there's love in my spirit smiles
CHOURUS
Fade out with opening riff