{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":925799,"song":"The Ghost Of Tom Joad","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/925799-the-ghost-of-tom-joad-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/925799?type=chord","rating":4.90697,"votes":971,"content":"Song: The Ghost of Tom Joad\r\nArtist: Bruce Springsteen\r\nAlbum: The Ghost of Tom Joad\r\nYear: 1995\r\n\r\nI've seen a few versions, but none have really had it written out the way in which it is played.  \r\n\r\n\r\nChord Variants Used:  \r\n                     [ch]Am/G[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n    \r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] e         [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n                 -------------       -------------[/tab]\r\n                  3 x 2 2 1 0         x 2 2 0 1 0\r\n\r\n**Capo 2nd fret**  (All chords relative to capo)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n(Studio Version): Am \r\nIntro W/Harmonica*: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n*Some live versions and his recording for \"The People Speak\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMan walkin‘ long the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGoin‘ some place there’s no going back[/tab]\r\nHighway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Am/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHot soup on a campfire under the bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShelter line stretchin‘ round the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWelcome to the new world order[/tab]\r\nFamilies sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo home no job no peace no rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSearchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Am/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPreacher lights up a butt and takes a drag[/tab]\r\nWaitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Am/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a cardboard box neath the underpass[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGot a one-way ticket to the promised land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand[/tab]\r\nSleeping on a pillow of solid rock\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBathin‘ in the city aquaeduct[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere it’s headed everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Harmonica Break]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow Tom said: \"Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWherever a hungry newborn baby cries[/tab]\r\nWhere there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Am/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLook for me Mom I’ll be there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWherever there’s somebody fightin‘ for a place to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr decent job or helping hand[/tab]\r\nWherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLook in their eyes Mom you’ll see me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell the highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Am/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the ghost of old Tom Joad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2  \r\nLast time: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Song: The Ghost of Tom Joad\nArtist: Bruce Springsteen\nAlbum: The Ghost of Tom Joad\nYear: 1995\n\nI've seen a few versions, but none have really had it written out the way in which it is played.  \n\n\nChord Variants Used:  \n                     Am/G                C/B\n    \n\n                  3 x 2 2 1 0         x 2 2 0 1 0\n\n**Capo 2nd fret**  (All chords relative to capo)\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n(Studio Version): Am \nIntro W/Harmonica*: Am F C C/B Am G Am\n\n*Some live versions and his recording for \"The People Speak\"\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nHighway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge\n\n\n\nFamilies sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nWaitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last\n\n\n\nSleeping on a pillow of solid rock\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Harmonica Break]\n\nF  C  C/B  Am  G  Am\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nWhere there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air\n\n\n\nWherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nF C C/B Am G Am x2  \nLast time: Am Am/G 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