House of Heroes - Ghost 

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Fell in love in high school
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With a brown haired, green eyed girl
                       Em7
I walked her home most everyday
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Held her hand, I held the world
                    G
We made our plan to run away
           C                 G
I couldn't wait to share her life
                   Em7
We started countin down the days
             C                 G
She couldn't wait to be my wife
           
I got a job and bought a car
         C       G
I turned 18 that spring
                 Em7
By summer had my own place
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And I bought my baby's ring
                 G
Fell in with the wrong crowd
         C                G
Breakin laws, I broke her heart
                 Em7
By autumn was in handcuffs
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Baby's cryin out in her front yard
     D                    
And that's what hurt the most
  Em7                C
I saw it in her green eyes
               G
She had seen a ghost

               G
My mama saw me every week
           C             G
Tried her hardest not to cry
                     Em7
She told me that she loved me
      C               
Disappointment in her eyes
                 G
I said, "Mama, I love you too
              C                  G
And I'm gonna make you proud one day"
                 Em7
A month before I got out
             C               G
They told me mama passed away
     D           
And that's what hurt the most
  Em7          C                    G 
I saw it in her eyes, her son was a ghost
  Dsus4              D
I hate this life I chose
Em7             C                  G
Long before she died her son was a ghost

            G
Now I got my freedom
       C                G
But it feels like emptiness
                Em7
In front of the apartment
           C               
Where your sister says you live
               G              C             G
And there's another man, who fills my empty shoes
                     Em7
And darlin you don't see me
         C                            G
But you know that I see you, I drift off...

          G
I'm gonna fade away
    C           G
Beyond the city lights
           Em7
I'm gonna fade away
C             
Through the emty night
           G
I'm gonna fade away
C                 G
Drifting out your life
        Em7
I wanna fade away
C                       G
Through the empty night
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