The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen
Intro W/Harmonica*:HmGDD/C#HmAHm
HmMan walkin‘ long the Hm/Arailroad Hmtracks
DGoin‘ some place there’s no going Aback
Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge
Hot Hmsoup on a campfire Hm/Aunder the Hmbridge
Shelter line stretchin‘ Hm/Around the Hmcorner
DWelcome to the new world Aorder
Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest
HmNo home no job no Hm/Apeace no Hmrest
GThe highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s Dkiddin‘ nobody about D/C#where it Hmgoes
AI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
HmSearchin‘ for the Hm/Aghost of Tom HmJoad
HmHe pulls a prayer book out of his Hm/Asleeping Hmbag
Preacher Dlights up a butt and takes a Adrag
Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a Hmcardboard box neath Hm/Athe underHmpass
Got a one-way ticket to Hm/Athe promised Hmland
You got Dhole in your belly and a gun in your Ahand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
HmBathin‘ in the citHm/Ay aquaeduHmct
GThe highway is alive tonight
Where it’s Dheaded everybody knowsD/C#Hm
AI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
HmWaitin' on the ghoHm/Ast of Tom JoaHmd
G D D/C# Hm A Hm
HmNow Tom said: "Mom, wheHm/Arever Hmthere’s cop beatin‘ a guy
DWherever a hungry newborn baby criAes
Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Look Hmfor me Mom I’ll be Hm/AthereHm
Wherever there’s somebodHm/Ay fightin‘ Hmfor a place to stand
DOr decent job or helping Ahand
Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free
HmLook in their eyes Hm/AMom you’Hmll see me"
GWell the highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s Dkiddin‘ nobody about D/C#where it Hmgoes
AI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
HmWith the ghost of Hm/Aold Tom JoadHm
GDLast D/C#timHme:AHm/AHm
GDLast D/C#timHme:AHm/AHm