The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen
I've seen a few versions, but none have really had it written out the way in which it is played.
Chord Variants Used:
[Am/G] [C/B]
E A D G B e E A D G B E
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3 x 2 2 1 0 x 2 2 0 1 0
**Capo 2nd fret** (All chords relative to capo)
Intro(Studio Version): Am
Intro W/Harmonica*: Am F C C/B Am G Am
*Some live versions and his recording for "The People Speak"
[Am]Man walkinâ?? long the [Am/G]railroa[Am]d tracks
[C]Goinâ?? some place thereâ??s no go[G]ing back
Highway patrol choppers cominâ?? up over the ridge
Hot [Am]soup on a campfire u[Am/G]nder the b[Am]ridge
Shelter line stretchinâ?[Am/G]? round th[Am]e corner
[C]Welcome to the new world [G]order
Families sleepinâ?? in their cars in the Southwest
[Am]No home no job no [Am/G]peace no [Am]rest
[F]The highway is alive tonight
But nobodyâ??[C]s kiddinâ?? nobody ab[C/B]out where[Am] it goes
[G]Iâ??m sittinâ?? down here in the campfire light
[Am]Searchinâ?? for th[Am/G]e ghost of To[Am]m Joad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and talks a drag
Waitinâ?? for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard book neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathinâ?? in the city aquaeduct
The highway is alive tonight
Where itâ??s headed everybody knows
Iâ??m sittinâ?? down here in the campfire light
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
Harmonica Break : F C C/B Am G Am
Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever thereâ??s cop beatinâ?? a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where thereâ??s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom Iâ??ll be there
Wherever thereâ??s somebody fightinâ?? for a place to stand
Or decent job or helping hand
Wherever somebodyâ??s strugglinâ?? to be free
Look in their eyes Mom youâ??ll see me"
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobodyâ??s kiddinâ?? nobody about where it goes
Iâ??m sittinâ?? down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Outro: F C C/B Am G Am x2
Last time: Am Am/G Am
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