The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen
Intro W/Harmonica*:AmFCC/HAmGAm
AmMan walkin‘ long the Am/Grailroad Amtracks
CGoin‘ some place there’s no going Gback
Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge
Hot Amsoup on a campfire Am/Gunder the Ambridge
Shelter line stretchin‘ Am/Ground the Amcorner
CWelcome to the new world Gorder
Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest
AmNo home no job no Am/Gpeace no Amrest
FThe highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s Ckiddin‘ nobody about C/Hwhere it Amgoes
GI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
AmSearchin‘ for the Am/Gghost of Tom AmJoad
AmHe pulls a prayer book out of his Am/Gsleeping Ambag
Preacher Clights up a butt and takes a Gdrag
Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a Amcardboard box neath Am/Gthe underAmpass
Got a one-way ticket to Am/Gthe promised Amland
You got Chole in your belly and a gun in your Ghand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
AmBathin‘ in the citAm/Gy aquaeduAmct
FThe highway is alive tonight
Where it’s Cheaded everybody knowsC/HAm
GI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
AmWaitin' on the ghoAm/Gst of Tom JoaAmd
F C C/H Am G Am
AmNow Tom said: "Mom, wheAm/Grever Amthere’s cop beatin‘ a guy
CWherever a hungry newborn baby criGes
Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Look Amfor me Mom I’ll be Am/GthereAm
Wherever there’s somebodAm/Gy fightin‘ Amfor a place to stand
COr decent job or helping Ghand
Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free
AmLook in their eyes Am/GMom you’Amll see me"
FWell the highway is alive tonight
But nobody’s Ckiddin‘ nobody about C/Hwhere it Amgoes
GI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
AmWith the ghost of Am/Gold Tom JoadAm
FCLast C/HtimAme:GAm/GAm
FCLast C/HtimAme:GAm/GAm