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The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen



CAPO 2 D HARP





(Harmonica solo)

Intro: Bm | Bm | A | Bm | Bm





Bm

Men walkin' 'long on the railroad tracks



D                    	       Dsus2   A

Goin' some place, and there's no goin' back





Highway Patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge



     Bm                A         Bm

Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge





Shelter line stretchin' round the corner



D              Dsus2     A

Welcome to the new world order





Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest



   Bm               A         Bm

No home, no job, no peace, no rest





CHORUS:

    G

The highway is alive tonight



             D                    A        Bm

But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes



    A

I'm sitting down here in the campfire light



Bm                A        Bm

Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad





He pulls a prayer book out of his sleepin' bag



D                             Dsus2   A

Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag





Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last



     Bm                   A        Bm

In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass





Got a one way ticket to the promised land



          D                        Dsus2       A

You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand





sleeping on a pillow of solid rock



Bm	              A   Bm

Bathing in the city aqueduct





CHORUS:

    G

The highway is alive tonight



D                 A         Bm

Where it's headed everybody knows

    

A

I'm sitting down here in the campfire light



Bm             A            Bm

Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad





(Harmonica solo)

| G | G | 3/4 D D A | 4/4 Bm | 3/4 A | 4/4 Bm |





Now Tom said, “Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy



     D        		    Dsus2A

“Wherever a hungry new born baby cries





“Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air



Bm              A       Bm

Look for me mom I'll be there





“Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand



 D                  Dsus2   A

“Or decent job or a helpin' hand





“Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free



 Bm                       A          Bm

“Look in their eyes, mom, you'll see me.”





CHORUS:

    G

The highway is alive tonight



             D                    A         Bm

But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes



    A

I'm sitting down here in the campfire light



Bm                       A       Bm

Waitin' for the ghost of old Tom Joad





(Harmonica solo)

| G | G | 3/4 D  D  A | 4/4 Bm |

| A | A | 3/4 Bm Bm A | 4/4 Bm |

| G | G | 3/4 D  D  A | 4/4 Bm |

| A | A | 3/4 Bm Bm A | 4/4 Bm |





CAPO 2:

  G  A  Bm D  Dsus2



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