The Gost Of Tom Joad


Standard Tuning Capo on 6st fret Chords EADGBe -------------- Asus4 002230 Cadd9 x32030 A7Sus4 x00030 G6 320030 Asus4/G 302230 F 133211 C x32010 Am x02210 -------------- Asus4 Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 Goin' someplace there's no goin' back G6 Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Asus4 Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 Welcome to the new world order G6 Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 No home no job no peace no rest Refrain: F (The) Highway is alive tonight C G6 Am But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes G6 I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad Asus4 He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag G6 Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 In a cardboard box 'neath the under- -pass Asus4 Got a one-way ticket to the promised land Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand G6 Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Bathin' in the city aque- -duct Refrain: F (But the) highway is alive tonight C G6 Am (But) where it's headed everybody knows G6 I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Refrain (solo without singing): F, C, G6, Am Asus/G Asus (silent part, try to listen, how its played) Asus4 wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 wherever a hungry newborn baby cries G6 Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Look for me mom I'll be there Asus4 Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Cadd9 A7Sus4 G6 Or a decent job or a helpin' hand G6 Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 Look in their eyes mom you'll see me. Refrain: F (But the) highway is alive tonight C G6 Am But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes G6 I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Asus4 Asus4/G Asus4 With the ghost of old Tom Joad Refrain (solo without singing): F, C, G6, Am, G6, Asus4, Asus4/G, Asus4 (x2) link to the official website: http://www.junip.net/