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"The Ghosts That Haunt Me" by Crash Test Dummies
Key: G CAPO 2
Intro: 
|   G    C|   Em7   D    Cadd9/   |    D    G|    Cadd9/   /   D||
Verse 1:
GThere's a sCadd9keleton, in Em7every boDdy's cCadd9loset
DI can think of oGne or two in   Cadd9my own roomD  
GBut       Cadd9I   would like to Em7intro - Dduce them Cadd9both to you
DShake their bony hGands and so Cadd9dispel the gloom
Chorus:
Cause yDour so kGind
I know you Cadd9would not mind
                  Em7                     G   Em7- Cadd9  
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the thDings I Gfear
Just wouldn't Cadd9seem so near
And wEm7hen I stroll out lGate at night
                   Cadd9               G   Cadd9/ / / | / / /   D|
There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels
                                2nd:x   Cadd9/ / / | / /   D   G|
||:   G     C|    G    Dsus:||
Verse 2:
GThere are Cadd9nights when all my aEm7ching boDnes won't  Cadd9let  me sleep
And dDemons come to pGlague me as I  Cadd9lie in bedD  
GBut I Cadd9know if you were sEm7leeping tDhere be - Cadd9side me then
That yDou would fend them oGff and they would Cadd9let me rest
Bridge:
Cadd9There are niGghts
When the Dwind comes howling through Gmy old place
   Cadd9I have drGeams
And I Dwake up with the sweat pouring dGown my face
           Cadd9|     Em7                   D||:    G     C|    G    Dsus:||
And I wait.........         Till the morning comes
Solo:
|  G    C|    Em7    D   Cadd9/ |    Dsus    G|    Cadd9/   /   D|
|  G    C|    Em7    D   Cadd9/ |    Dsus    G|    Cadd9/   /  / |         
|   D      G|       Cadd9|     Em7          G|  Em7-     Cadd9|
|   D      G|       Cadd9|     Em7          G|  Em7-         G|  Cadd9/ / / |  Cadd9/  D/ |
Verse 3:
GThere will Cadd9come a time I Em7fear when aDll my Cadd9days are done
And tDhey will come cGollect my corpse and Cadd9bury meD  
GBut  I   Cadd9hope that you'll come Em7over   Dto the Cadd9Other Side
DJoin me in our Gnew life, keep me Cadd9company
Chorus Last time:
Cause Dyour so Gkind
I know you Cadd9would not mind
                  Em7                     G   Em7- Cadd9  
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the thDings I Gfear
Just wouldn't Cadd9seem so near
And wEm7hen I stroll out lGate at night
                   Cadd9               G   Cadd9/ / / |  Cadd9/   D/  |    G|| 
There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels

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The Ghost That Haunts Me

by Crash Test Dummies

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Cadd9

Dsus

"The Ghosts That Haunt Me" by Crash Test Dummies

Key: G CAPO 2

Intro:

G C Em7 D Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D

| | / | | / / ||

Verse 1:

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

There's a skeleton, in every body's closet

D G Cadd9 D

I can think of one or two in my own room

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

But I would like to intro - duce them both to you

D G Cadd9

Shake their bony hands and so dispel the gloom

Chorus:

D G

Cause your so kind

Cadd9

I know you would not mind

Em7 G Em7 Cadd9

You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now

D G

And the things I fear

Cadd9

Just wouldn't seem so near

Em7 G

And when I stroll out late at night

Cadd9 G Cadd9 D

/ / / | / / / |

There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels

Cadd9 D G

2nd:x / / / | / / |

G C G Dsus

||: | :||

Verse 2:

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

There are nights when all my aching bones won't let me sleep

D G Cadd9 D

And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

But I know if you were sleeping there be - side me then

D G Cadd9

That you would fend them off and they would let me rest

Bridge:

Cadd9 G

There are nights

D G

When the wind comes howling through my old place

Cadd9 G

I have dreams

D G

And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face

Cadd9 Em7 D G C G Dsus

| ||: | :||

And I wait......... Till the morning comes

Solo:

G C Em7 D Cadd9 Dsus G Cadd9 D

| | / | | / / |

G C Em7 D Cadd9 Dsus G Cadd9

| | / | | / / / |

D G Cadd9 Em7 G Em7 Cadd9

| | | | - |

D G Cadd9 Em7 G Em7 G Cadd9 Cadd9 D

| | | | - | / / / | / / |

Verse 3:

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

There will come a time I fear when all my days are done

D G Cadd9 D

And they will come collect my corpse and bury me

G Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9

But I hope that you'll come over to the Other Side

D G Cadd9

Join me in our new life, keep me company

Chorus Last time:

D G

Cause your so kind

Cadd9

I know you would not mind

Em7 G Em7 Cadd9

You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now

D G

And the things I fear

Cadd9

Just wouldn't seem so near

Em7 G

And when I stroll out late at night

Cadd9 G Cadd9 Cadd9 D G

/ / / | / / | ||

There would be nothin' rattlin' at my heels

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