The Ghost of Tom Joad Chords by Bruce Springsteen
- Key: Bm
- BPM: 90
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Bm A Bm ■ ■ ■ Men walking 'long the railroad tracks D A Going someplace there's no going back A Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge Bm Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Bm Shelter line stretching 'round the corner D A Welcome to the new world order A Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest [Verse] D Bm No home no job no peace no rest ■ G Well the highway is alive tonight D A Bm But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes A ■ I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm ■ Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad Bm ■ He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag D A Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag A Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Bm7 A Bm In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Bm You got a oneway ticket to the promised land D A You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand A Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock [Chorus] Bm ■ Bathing in the city's aqueduct G Go Well the highway is alive tonight D Bm Where it's headed everybody knows ■ Bm7 A I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm A Bm Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad Bm7 G D A Bm A Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bm Now Tom said ■ Mom wherever there's a cop beating a guy D A Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries A Against the blood and hatred in the air Bm A Bm Look for me Mom I'll be there Bm Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand D A ■ Or a decent job or a helping hand A Wherever somebody's struggling to be free [Chorus] Bm A Look in their eyes Ma and you'll see me Bm G Yeah The highway is alive tonight D Bm Where it's headed everybody knows ■ A I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm A Bm With the ghost of old Tom Joad [Solo] G D Bm7 A Bm7 Bm Bm7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D A Bm A Bm7 A Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro]