{t:The Ghost of Tom Joad}
{st:(words and music by Bruce Springsteen)}
{c:HARMONICA INTRO}
[bm]
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
[D]Goin' someplace there's [/E]no [/C#]goin' [A]back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Hot [bm]soup on a campfire [/B]under [/A]the [bm]bridge
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
[D]Welcome to the [/E]new [/C#]world [A]order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
No [bm]home no job no [/B]peace [/A]no [bm]rest
The [G]highway is alive tonight
But nobody's [D]kiddin' nobody about [/E]where [/C#]it [bm]goes
I'm [A]sittin' down here in the campfire light
[bm]Searchin' for the [/B]ghost of [/A]Tom [bm]Joad
He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher [D]lights up a butt and [/E]takes [/C#]a [A]drag
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a [bm]cardboard box 'neath the [/B]un[/A]der[bm]pass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a [D]hole in your belly and [/E]gun in [/C#]your [A]hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[bm]Bathin' in the city [/B]aq[/A]ue[bm]duct
The [G]highway is alive tonight
But [D]where it's headed [/E]every[/C#]body [bm]knows
I'm [A]sittin' down here in the campfire light
[bm]Waitin' on the [/B]ghost of [/A]Tom [bm]Joad
{c:HARMONICA BREAK}
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[D] . . |[/E] . [/C#] |[bm] . . | .
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Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a [D]hungry newborn [/E]ba[/C#]by [A]cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
[bm]Look for me Mom [/B]I'll [/A]be [bm]there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or [D]decent job or a [/E]hel[/C#]pin' [A]hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[bm]Look in their eyes Mom [/B]you'll [/A]see [bm]me."
The [G]highway is alive tonight
But nobody's [D]kiddin' nobody about [/E]where [/C#]it [bm]goes
I'm [A]sittin' down here in the campfire light
[bm]With the ghost of [/B]old [/A]Tom [bm]Joad
{c:HARMONICA 2x CHORUS}
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[D] . . |[/E] . [/C#] |[bm] . . | .
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[bm] . . |[/B] . [/A] |[bm] . . | .
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{d:A 3 -1 0 0 0 -1 3}
{d:D 3 -1 1 0 2 3 -1}
{d:G 3 -1 1 2 3 -1 1}
{d:bm 3 -1 1 2 2 0 -1}
{d:/A 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 3}
{d:/B 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 0 -1}
{d:/C# 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -1}
{d:/E 3 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 -1}
{st:transcribed by Gunnar Bittersmann }
{c:capo on 2nd fret}