The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Man walkinâ?? long th[Am]e railroad track[Am]s[Am]
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Goinâ?? some place thereâ??s no going back
Highway [G]patrol choppers cominâ?? u[G]p over the ridg[G]e[G]
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Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[Am]Shelter line stretchinâ??[Am] â??round the cor[Am]ner[Am]
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Welcome to the new world order
Families [G]sleepinâ?? in their car[G]s in the Southwes[G]t[G]
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No home no job no peace no rest
[Cborus]
Well the [F]highwayâ??s[F] alive tonigh[F]t[F]
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But nobodyâ??s kiddinâ?? nobody about where it goes
Iâ??[G]m sittinâ?? down here in [G]the campfire lig[G]ht
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Searchinâ?? for the ghost of Tom Joad
[Verse 2]
He pulls a [Am]prayer book out of his [Am]sleeping bag[Am] [Am]
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Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitinâ?? for when th[G]e last shall be first and th[G]e first shall be las[G]t[G]
In a [Am]cardboard box â??neath th[G]e und[Am]erpass[Am]
Got a [Am]one-way ticket to the [Am]promised land[Am] [Am]
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You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
[G]Sleeping on a pillow of [G]solid rock[G] [G]
[Am]Bathinâ?? in the cit[G]y aqua[Am]educt[Am]
[Cborus]
Well the [F]highwayâ??s[F] alive tonigh[F]t[F]
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Where itâ??s headed everybody knows
Iâ??[G]m sittinâ?? down here in [G]the campfire lig[G]ht
Am G* Am Am
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
[Am] Now Tom said[Am]:
[Am] "Mom, wher[Am]ever thereâ??s co[Am]p beatinâ?? a [Am]guy[Am]
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Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where thereâ??s [G]a fight gainst blood an[G]d hatred in the ai[G]r[G]
[Am]Look for me Mom and [G]Iâ??ll b[Am]e there[Am]
Wherever [Am]somebody fightinâ?? for [Am]a place to stand[Am] [Am]
C C* G G
Or decent job or helping hand
Wherever [G]somebodyâ??s strugglin[G]â?? to be fr[G]ee[G]
[Am]Look in their eyes Mom [G]youâ??ll se[Am]e me[Am]
[Cborus]
Well the [F]highwayâ??s[F] alive tonigh[F]t[F]
C C/B* Am Am
But nobodyâ??s kiddinâ?? nobody â??bout where it goes
Iâ??[G]m sittinâ?? down here in [G]the campfire lig[G]ht
[Am]With the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad[Am]
[Outro]
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F F F F C C/B* Am Am G G G G G Am G* Am
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