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Ghost Of The Eastern Seaboard

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[Intro]
Dsus2       Am Dsus2
Dsus2       Am Dsus2
[Verse 1]
Dsus2Ships in the night on a Tangier shore
AmFlashing signals Cback and Fforth
Dsus2Old hands on the smuggler's run
CMexican drugs and AmAmerican Dsus2guns
Dsus2       Am Dsus2
[Verse 2]
Dsus2The pay is better than jiggin' a line
AmOr wasting away iCn a deep Fcoal mine
Dsus2A regular guy getting what he can
CA 21st century uneAmmployed mDsus2an
[Chorus]
Dsus2Even though they'll never catch me
They never Chave and they never FwillAm  
I'm the Dsus2ghost on the eastern seaboard
Living the Clife, Amgetting my Dsus2fill
[Bridge]
F    Dsus2    C     G
F    Dsus2    C     Am  A7
[Verse 3]
Dsus2I wish my daddy could see me now
He Amwithered away at the Cfurrow and Fplow
He Dsus2hoped for his boy like every man does
To beCcome the man he Amnever Dsus2was
Dsus2       Am Dsus2
[Verse 4]
Dsus2My brother called me from the city today
AmTold me his boy was Cblown Faway
Dsus2The shire town is overrun
With CMexican drugs and AmAmerican Dsus2guns
[Chorus]
Dsus2Even though they'll never catch me
They never Chave and they never FwillAm  
I'm the Dsus2ghost on the eastern seaboard
Blood on my ChandsAm, riddled with Dsus2guilt
[Bridge]
F    Dsus2    C     G
F    Dsus2    C     Am  A7
[Outro]
Dsus2
Am     C   F
Dsus2
C      Am  Dsus2
Dsus2
Am     C   F
Dsus2
C      Am  Dsus2
C      Am  Dsus2
C      Am  Dsus2

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Ghost Of The Eastern Seaboard

by The Stanfields

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Dsus2

[Intro]

Dsus2 Am Dsus2

[Verse 1]

Dsus2

Ships in the night on a Tangier shore

Am C F

Flashing signals back and forth

Dsus2

Old hands on the smuggler's run

C Am Dsus2

Mexican drugs and American guns

Dsus2 Am Dsus2

[Verse 2]

Dsus2

The pay is better than jiggin' a line

Am C F

Or wasting away in a deep coal mine

Dsus2

A regular guy getting what he can

C Am Dsus2

A 21st century unemployed man

[Chorus]

Dsus2

Even though they'll never catch me

C F Am

They never have and they never will

Dsus2

I'm the ghost on the eastern seaboard

C Am Dsus2

Living the life, getting my fill

[Bridge]

F Dsus2 C G

F Dsus2 C Am A7

[Verse 3]

Dsus2

I wish my daddy could see me now

Am C F

He withered away at the furrow and plow

Dsus2

He hoped for his boy like every man does

C Am Dsus2

To become the man he never was

Dsus2 Am Dsus2

[Verse 4]

Dsus2

My brother called me from the city today

Am C F

Told me his boy was blown away

Dsus2

The shire town is overrun

C Am Dsus2

With Mexican drugs and American guns

[Chorus]

Dsus2

Even though they'll never catch me

C F Am

They never have and they never will

Dsus2

I'm the ghost on the eastern seaboard

C Am Dsus2

Blood on my hands, riddled with guilt

[Bridge]

F Dsus2 C G

F Dsus2 C Am A7

[Outro]

Dsus2

Am C F

Dsus2

C Am Dsus2

Dsus2

Am C F

Dsus2

C Am Dsus2

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