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GHOST - Indigo Girls
This version is complete with authentic chords & list of fingerings, verse picking
patterns, plus lead-in riffs to the chorus and last verse.
Intro/verse:
Dsus2/F#(see figurGes Cadd9at bottG/Bom of page)
There's a letter on the desktop, that I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to, from our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever, from the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons, shadowing my dreams
(extra Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G)
Well, the Mississippi's mighty, but it starts in Minnesota
At a place that you could walk across with five steps down
And I guess that's how you started like a pinprick to my heart
But at this Dsus2/F#point you rush right Gthrough me and I Cadd9start to drown
(strum) D D#dim7 Em Em7 A7sus4 A7
And there's not enough room in this world for my pain
DSignals cross and lD/C#ove gets lost and tBm7ime passed makes it plain
Of Dall my demon D#dim7spirits I EmneeEm7d you the mA7sus4ostA7
Cadd9I'm in G/Blove Dsus2/F#with your Gghost
Cadd9I'm in G/Blove Dsus2/F#with your Gghost
Dark and dangerous like a secret, that gets whispered in a hush
When I wake the things I dreamt about you last night make me blush
When you kiss me like a lover, then you sting me like a viper
I go follow to the river, play your memory like the piper
And I feel it like a sickness, how this love is killing me
But I'd walk into the fingers of your fire willingly
And dance the edge of sanity, I've never been this close
In love with your ghost
Oo Cadd9oo-oo oooooooG/Boooooo oo-Dsus2/F#oo oooooo oo Goooo
Oo Cadd9oo-oo oooooooG/Boooooo oo-Dsus2/F#oo oooooo oo Goooo
(strum) Em Em7 A7sus4 A7
Unknowing captor, you'll never know how much you
Pierced my Dspirit, D/C#but I can't F#11touch you
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/A*
Can you hear it, a cry to be free
B7I'm forever under lEmock and keEy as Amyou pCass through me (DbrD/Cidge G/BrifDf)
Now I see your face before me, I would launch a thousand ships
To bring your heart back to my island, as the sand beneath me slips
As I burn up in your presence, and I know now how it feels
To be weakened like Achilles, with you always at my heels
And my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep
It poisons me, I can't swim free, the river is too deep
Though I'm baptized by your touch, I am no worse at most
In Cadd9love wiG6/Bth your ghoDsus2/F#stG6
In love with your ghost x3 (shadowing my dreams; ooooooooh x2)
End with outro fill & riff. Strum D/F# to finish (200232).
Chords (in order of appearance):
Dsus2/F#200230
G3x0030
Cadd9x32030
G/Bx20030
Dxx0232
D#dim7xx1212
Em022000
Em7 022030 (strum backwards and hold two beats in Bridge)
A7sus4x02030
A7x02020
D/C#x4x232
Bm7x24232
F#11244300
Bmx24432
Bm/Ax04432
Bm/G#4x4430
Bm/A* x04430
B7x24242
E022100
Amx02210
Cx32010
Intro/Outro Fill (skip initial hammer-on first time through):
e|-------------------------------------|-3-----2-----3--------------|
B|---------------3-----1-----0---------|-----------------3----------|
G|-----------0---------0-----0---------|----------------------------|
D|-(0h)2/4-------------2-----0---------|----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-3---------------2----------|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Intro/1st Verse/Outro Riff:
e|-Dsus2/F#----------------G----------------|-Cadd9----------------G/B----------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G|---2-------2-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-2-------2-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
Main Riff (technically starts at Cadd9 for instrumental after 1st verse):
e|-Dsus2/F#------0---------G------0---------|-Cadd9------0---------G/B------0---------|
B|-----------3---------------3-----|-----------3---------------3-----|
G|---2-----------2---0-----------0-|---0-----------0---0-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-2-------2-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
Cadd9 Riff before each chorus: (and on to strum chorus chords)
e|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-2...------------------------|
B|-----------0-------0-------0-----|-3...------------------------|
G|---0-----------------------------|-2...------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-0...------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bridge Outro Riff:
e|-D------2---------D/C------0---------|-G/B------0----------D2----------|
B|---3-------3---3-----------3---3-|-----------3---3--3----------|
G|-----2-------2-----2-------------|---0---------0----2----------|
D|-0-------0-----------0-------0---|-----0------------0----------|
A|-----------------3-------3-------|-2-------2-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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Ghost
by Indigo Girls
Chords in this song · guitar
Dsus2/F#
G
Cadd9
G/B
D
D#dim7
Em
Em7
A7sus4
A7
D/C#
Bm7
F#11
Bm
Bm/A
Bm/G#
B7
E
Am
C
D/C
G6/B
G6
GHOST - Indigo Girls
This version is complete with authentic chords & list of fingerings, verse picking
patterns, plus lead-in riffs to the chorus and last verse.
Intro/verse:
Dsus2/F# G Cadd9 G/B
(see figures at bottom of page)
There's a letter on the desktop, that I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to, from our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever, from the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons, shadowing my dreams
Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G
(extra )
Well, the Mississippi's mighty, but it starts in Minnesota
At a place that you could walk across with five steps down
And I guess that's how you started like a pinprick to my heart
Dsus2/F# G Cadd9
But at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown
D D#dim7 Em Em7 A7sus4 A7
(strum)
And there's not enough room in this world for my pain
D D/C# Bm7
Signals cross and love gets lost and time passed makes it plain
D D#dim7 Em Em7 A7sus4 A7
Of all my demon spirits I need you the most
Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G
I'm in love with your ghost
Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G
I'm in love with your ghost
Dark and dangerous like a secret, that gets whispered in a hush
When I wake the things I dreamt about you last night make me blush
When you kiss me like a lover, then you sting me like a viper
I go follow to the river, play your memory like the piper
And I feel it like a sickness, how this love is killing me
But I'd walk into the fingers of your fire willingly
And dance the edge of sanity, I've never been this close
In love with your ghost
Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G
Oo oo-oo ooooooooooooo oo-oo oooooo oo oooo
Cadd9 G/B Dsus2/F# G
Oo oo-oo ooooooooooooo oo-oo oooooo oo oooo
Em Em7 A7sus4 A7
(strum)
Unknowing captor, you'll never know how much you
D D/C# F#11
Pierced my spirit, but I can't touch you
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/A
*
Can you hear it, a cry to be free
B7 Em E Am C D D/C G/B D
I'm forever under lock and key as you pass through me (bridge riff)
Now I see your face before me, I would launch a thousand ships
To bring your heart back to my island, as the sand beneath me slips
As I burn up in your presence, and I know now how it feels
To be weakened like Achilles, with you always at my heels
And my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep
It poisons me, I can't swim free, the river is too deep
Though I'm baptized by your touch, I am no worse at most
Cadd9 G6/B Dsus2/F# G6
In love with your ghost
In love with your ghost x3 (shadowing my dreams; ooooooooh x2)
End with outro fill & riff. Strum D/F# to finish (200232).
Chords (in order of appearance):
Dsus2/F#
200230
G
3x0030
Cadd9
x32030
G/B
x20030
D
xx0232
D#dim7
xx1212
Em
022000
Em7 022030 (strum backwards and hold two beats in Bridge)
A7sus4
x02030
A7
x02020
D/C#
x4x232
Bm7
x24232
F#11
244300
Bm
x24432
Bm/A
x04432
Bm/G#
4x4430
Bm/A
* x04430
B7
x24242
E
022100
Am
x02210
C
x32010
Intro/Outro Fill (skip initial hammer-on first time through):
e|-------------------------------------|-3-----2-----3--------------|
B|---------------3-----1-----0---------|-----------------3----------|
G|-----------0---------0-----0---------|----------------------------|
D|-(0h)2/4-------------2-----0---------|----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-3---------------2----------|
E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
Intro/1st Verse/Outro Riff:
Dsus2/F# G Cadd9 G/B
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G|---2-------2-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0-----|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-2-------2-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
Main Riff (technically starts at Cadd9 for instrumental after 1st verse):
Dsus2/F# G Cadd9 G/B
e|-------0---------------0---------|-------0---------------0---------|
B|-----------3---------------3-----|-----------3---------------3-----|
G|---2-----------2---0-----------0-|---0-----------0---0-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|-2-------2-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
Cadd9 Riff before each chorus: (and on to strum chorus chords)
e|-------3-------3-------3-------3-|-2...------------------------|
B|-----------0-------0-------0-----|-3...------------------------|
G|---0-----------------------------|-2...------------------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-0...------------------------|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bridge Outro Riff:
D D/C G/B D
e|-------2---------------0---------|-------0----------2----------|
B|---3-------3---3-----------3---3-|-----------3---3--3----------|
G|-----2-------2-----2-------------|---0---------0----2----------|
D|-0-------0-----------0-------0---|-----0------------0----------|
A|-----------------3-------3-------|-2-------2-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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