The Ghost of Tom Joad

Bruce Springsteen

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The Ghost of Tom Joad

Year: 1995 - Album: The Essential Bruce Springsteen

Written by Bruce Springsteen

Key: Am

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key EmEm

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key FmFm

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key F#mF#m

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key GmGm(one step down)

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key G#mG#m(half step down)

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key AmAm(original key)

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key A#mA#m(half step up)

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key BmBm(one step up)

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key CmCm

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key C#mC#m

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key DmDm

The Ghost of Tom Joad Key D#mD#m

	  		The chords shown are the proper fingerings, however, the recording is played with a capo on the second fret. 

Am   
MEN WALKIN'LONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS   
C                       Am         G  
GOIN' SOMEPLACE THERE'S NO GOIN' BACK   
G   
HIGHWAY PATROL CHOPPERS COMIN' UP OVER THE RIDGE   
    Am                 G         Am   
HOT SOUP ON A CAmPFIRE UNDER THE BRIDGE   
Am   
SHELTER LINE STRETCHIN' ROUND THE CORNER   
C              Am         G   
WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER   
G   
FAMILIES SLEEPIN ' IN THE CARS IN THE SOUTHWEST   
   Am             G        Am   
NO HOME NO JOB NO PEACE NO REST   


 
    F   
THE HIGHWAY IS ALIVE TONIGHT   
         C                    G       Am  
NOBODY'S KIDDIN' NOBODY ABOUT WHERE IT GOES   
    G   
I'M SITTIN' DOWN HERE IN THE CAMPFIRE LIGHT    
Am                G        Am   
SEARCHIN' FOR THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD

He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preachers lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Or a decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me." Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad