Ghost Acordes

	   
 

Intro: Em Em7 Dsus2 Em ... C Em C Em... 

Em              D      Em 
Swing swing, gallows swing 
C                     Em 
From anger back to sorrow 
D                     Em 
Morning gets what midnight brings 
      G              D 
And I’ll be dead tomorrow 
               Em 
Just another ghost 

Em                     D  Em    C                Em 
My wife left me last wintertime to join another man 
D                   C           G                 D 
I lost her love forever and I lost my mind right then 
         Em                 G                D              Em 
When I tried but couldn’t picture her sweet face inside my head 
         C             G                 D                  Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em 
I could only see her lover’s grin, it’s true I killed him dead 

 Em                        D    Em   C                 Em 
But I’ve always been an honest man, as crystal as the sea 
D                      C                         G                      D 
I’ve always said when I’ve done wrong, and I’ve said when wrong’s done me 
      Em            G              D                     Em 
So listen to my warning though I know it might sound strange 
       C             G             D              Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em 
To those who cast condoning eyes upon me when I hang 

 Em                  D           Em      C                       Em 
And let me tell you what I’ve learned, what my guilty mind has seen 
D                    C                   G                 D 
Of life and then of death and then how ghosts get stuck between 
            Em                 G                   D                   Em 
There’s no slamming doors, no rattling chains, no long black veils at night 
           C                G                        D                  Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em 
But you’d wish there was cause then you might could die to put things right 

Em                         D   Em         C                 Em 
But ghosts have got no bodies left, and ghosts have got no will 
               D              C                 G                    D 
There just etchings on your conscience by the hands that had them killed 
          Em                 G               D               Em 
And the world it all looks yellow now, and every breath is foul 
          C                  G                     D              Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em 
And the water tastes like rancid oil, and the mockingbirds just howl 

Em                       D        Em         C                Em 
You can never touch someone you love, it’ll burn them if you try 
         D                C                        G                 D 
And the face inside the mirror stares back with goldfish bowls for eyes 
          Em            G               D            Em 
And the only dream you ever have is of lying there awake 
          C          G         D                        Em   
And it never rains upon your head, it spits into your face 

Em             C     G     D            Em 
A ghost has haunted me -- and worn me thin 
C          G               D 
I got what I deserved a thousand times again 
Em         C  G     D           Em 
Oh listen please -- my final words 
C                   G                    D               Em 
Before you bring yourself to watch the final length of cord 

Em                            D          Em         C               Em 
Cause ghosts don’t die when hands take hands, and ghosts are not released 
D                       C              G                 D                
It’s dust to dust and ash to ash, or beast and back to beast 
    Em                 G                     D              Em 
I hope your heart is large and that there’s room enough in you 
          C                  G                   D                    Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em 
For the ghost you choose to make of me and the ghost that haunts me, too 

Em             D       Em 
Swing swing, gallows swing 
C                     Em 
From anger back to sorrow 
D                    Em 
Hide your eyes and wash your wings 
        G             D 
Cause I’ll be dead tomorrow 
                 Em 
Just another ghost