Ghost Of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen

CAPO 2nd Fret

INTRO W/ HARP:
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Man walkin' long the railroad tracks
C                                 G
Goin' some place there's no going back

Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
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Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
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Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
C                        G
Welcome to the new world order
G
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
Am                Am/G     Am
No home no job no peace no rest

F
The highway is alive tonight
      C                           C/B      Am
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am                         Am/G Am
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom  Joad

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He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
C                                     G   
Preacher lights up a butt and talks a drag

Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
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In a cardboard box neath the underpass
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Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
C                                G
You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
G
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Am                  Am/G  Am
Bathin' in the city aquaeduct
 
F
The highway is alive tonight
      C                           C/B      Am
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am                         Am/G Am
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom  Joad

HARP BREAK:
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Now Tom said: 
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"Mom, wherever theres cop beatin' a guy
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Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
G
Where there's a fight against blood and hatred in the air
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Look for me Mom I'll be there
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Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
C                            G
Or a decent job or a helping hand
G
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Am                           Am/G  Am
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see  me"

F
The highway is alive tonight
      C                           C/B      Am
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am                         Am/G Am
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom  Joad

OUTRO (2x):
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Last time:
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