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Author/Artist: Mother Mother
Title: Ghosting
Album: O My Heart
Transcribed by: Rory Lidstone
Email: rlidstone@gmail.com
Ok... This tab was a pain in the ass. During the verse and intro parts where the
B chord is being picked, the constant B root note is somewhat awkward to play and
as such, I would leave out every second instance of it, unless you can manage it.
The entire bridge part, I'm only 90% sure of. It's very hard to hear exactly what
the guitar is doing with everything going on. If anyone thinks they've got it figured
more accurately, by all means submit a correction. If anything else seems
incomplete/inaccurate, please let me know.
Intro part 1
B Bm G#m B5 B7
----------------------------------------------------2-------------------------|
--------4-------4-3---------------------------------0-------------------------|
------4-------4-------------4-----------------------2-------------------------|
----4-------4-------------------------9-----------1-1-------------------------|
--2-----------------------6---------9-----------2---2-------------------------|
----------0---------0h2-4-----4/6/7-----2/4/2p0-------------------------------|
Intro Part 2
B
---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
------------0-----------0-----------0---------0----|--------------------------|
--8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8------------|--------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
----9--11-------9--11-------9--11-------9--11------|--------------------------|
--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|--------------------------|
------------------------------------------|
------------0-----------0-----------0--0--|
--8-------8---8-------8---8-------8-------|
------------------------------------------|
----9--11-------9--11-------9--11---------|
--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------7--|
Verse Part 1
B B/E
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------0-----------0-----------0-----------|-----------------------------|
--8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
----9--11-------9--11-------9--11-------9---5-6-|-----------------------------|
--7-----7-----7-----7-----0-----0-----0-----0---|-----------------------------|
Verse part 2
G#m B E
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--0-----0-------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
-------------8------8----1-----1-1-----1--------------------------------------|
----6-----6----------------2-------2------------------------------------------|
------6--------9-11-----------------------------------------------------------|
--4----------7-----------0---0---0---0----------------------------------------|
Verse segue into chorus:
G#m B E
-------------------------0------------|---------------------------------------|
--0-----0-------------0--0--------0---|---------------------------------------|
-------------8------8----1------1-----|---------------------------------------|
----6-----6--------------2----2-------|---------------------------------------|
------6--------9-11------2--2---------|---------------------------------------|
--4----------7-----------0------------|---------------------------------------|
Prechorus
E F#
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--1-----1---1-----1---3-----3---3-----3---------------------------------------|
----2-----2---2-----2---4-----4---4-----4-------------------------------------|
------2---------2---------4---------4-----------------------------------------|
--0---------0---------2---------2---------------------------------------------|
B E
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8-----8---8-----8----1-----1---1-----1-------------------------------------|
-----9-----9---9-----9----2-----2---2-----2-----------------------------------|
-------9---------9----------2---------2---------------------------------------|
---7---------7----------0---------0-------------------------------------------|
E F# B E
---------------------------------------------------------------0------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------0------------|
--1-----1---1-----1---3-----3---3-----3---8-----8---8-----8----1------------|
----2-----2---2-----2---4-----4---4-----4---9-----9---9-----9--2------------|
------2---------2---------4---------4---------9---------9------2------------|
--0---------0---------2---------2---------7---------7----------0------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mother_mother/ghosting_tab_ver_2.html ]
For the end of the first prechorus, do this:
E B7
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
--------------------------0-3---|---------------------------------------------|
--1-----1---1-----1-----2-------|---------------------------------------------|
----2-----2---2-------1---------|---------------------------------------------|
------2---------2---2-----------|---------------------------------------------|
--0---------0-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Chorus: E - F# - B - E
Bridge part 1
Fast Bit Bit after the fast bit
(C#m)
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
-----------------------6-5-8-6--|--8-7-5-4-5-7-8-9----------------------------|
-------------------4-6----------|---------------------------------------------|
-----------4-6-8-6--------------|---------------------------------------------|
-2-4p2-5-6----------------------|---------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
Bridge part 2
A G#7
-------------------------------------------------0----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------0----------------------------|
--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---5---5---5---5--5----------------------------|
----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---4---4---4----4----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------6----------------------------|
--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4--4----------------------------|
Then: G - F#
Am - G - F# - F
For the last prechorus, just hit each chord once, until the normal picking
pattern comes back in later on.
Then the chorus twice and play the second part of the intro.
Just chords version:
B
I've been ghosting
B/E (D) (Eb)
I've been ghosting a long
G#m B
Ghost in your house
E
ghost in your arms
B B/E (D) (Eb)
When you're tossing, when you turn in your sleep
G#m B E
it's because I'm ghosting your dreams
Prechorus:
E F#
And this is why I have decided
B E
to pull these old white sheets from my head
E F#
I'll leave them folded neat and tidy
B E E B7
so that you'll know I'm out of hiding
Verse 2
B
I've been ghosting
B/E (D) (Eb)
I've been ghosting a long
G#m B E
Ghost in the world, ghost with no home
B B/E (D) (Eb)
I remember, I remember the days
G#m B E
when I'd make you oh so afraid
Prechorus
E F#
And this is why I have decided
B E
to leave your house and home unhaunted
E F#
You don't need poltergeists for sidekicks
B E
You don't need treats
Chorus
E
and you don't need tricks
F#
You don't need treats
B
You don't need tricks
E
You don't need no Halloween
E
You don't need treats
F# (Strum once, then hold)
you don't need tricks
B B/E (D) (Eb) G#m B E
and you don't need me
B B/E (D) (Eb)
Bridge
A
Hey
G#7
Would it be so bad if I stayed?
G
I'm just a ghost out of his grave
F#
and I can make love in my grave
Am
I won't put white into your hair
G
I won't make noises in your stairs
F#
I will be kind and I'll be sweet
F
if you stop staring straight through me
Prechorus
E F#
And this is why I have decided
B E
to pull these old white sheets from my head
E F#
I'll leave them folded neat and tidy
B E
so that you'll know I'm out of hiding
E F# G
And this is why I have decided
B E
to leave your house and home unhaunted
E F#
You don't need poltergeists for sidekicks
B E
You don't need treats
Chorus
E
and you don't need tricks
F#
You don't need treats
B
You don't need tricks
E
You don't need no halloween
E
you don't need treats
F#
you don't need tricks
B
you don't need treats
E
you don't need no hallow's eve
E
you don't need treats
F# (Strum once, hold)
you don't need tricks
B
and you don't need me
