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Ghost Blues chords
Loudon Wainwright III (album version)

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A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)       EMy (022100@1)Old dog misses me so
A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)       B7 (x21202@1)             ETo (022100@1)the beach or the dog park, he don t want to go
       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)        ENo, (022100@1)he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed
           A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)       EBecause (022100@1)he knows I m right there even though I m dead

A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)           EYou (022100@1)late husband, that would be me
          A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)             B7 (x21202@1)      E (022100@1)  
I ve been gone so long I m just a faint memory
             A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)             EI (022100@1)ve been disparaged in passing by your friends late at night
A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)            B7 (x21202@1)         EI (022100@1)blew out the candles on em, it served em right

A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)        EThe (022100@1)day that I died, I knew I was toast
               A (x02220@1)              B7 (x21202@1)     ENext (022100@1)day I was hanging out with Marley s ghost
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)       EHelp (022100@1)this father, he s a friend of mine
B7That (x21202@1)old Cain can t keep from crying

A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)         EAt (022100@1)my memorial service there was quite a turnout
A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)                B7 (x21202@1)      ESome (022100@1)stayed away, hey, what was that all about?
                    A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)         ATell (x02220@1)me, didn t she love me, didn t he care?
       E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)        ENobody (022100@1)saw me out I was right there (I was doing a head count)

A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E

A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)        ENow (022100@1)I m out of the picture, yeah, I m off of the hook
       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)            B7 (x21202@1)        EJust (022100@1)a chuck of time, that was all that it took
         A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)       EWas (022100@1)it a shot from a gun, a slip of a knife?
A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)            EI (022100@1)don t know what killed me, Lord, it might have been life

A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)          EI (022100@1)had a few children, wrote a few songs
      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)         B7 (x21202@1)      EI (022100@1)got some of it right and a lot of it wrong
  A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)          EI (022100@1)bought a few houses, a few boats, a few cars
B7Being (x21202@1)a ghost you might as well be on Mars

Cause you re so far off

A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E B7 (x21202@1)name="chord_022100@1">E

A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)              EBeing (022100@1)a ghost is, you re just in between
A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)                      B7 (x21202@1) EEach (022100@1)and every day of the year is Halloween, yeah
       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)    EYou (022100@1)re hanging around but you re not really there
       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)           B7 (x21202@1)      EYou (022100@1)re hovering over your own old easy chair

A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)           ELord, (022100@1)I was hoping for heaven, that would ve been swell
      A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)                         B7 (x21202@1)     ECause (022100@1)being a ghost, Lord, it s just like being in hell
       A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)          EYou (022100@1)re hungry and you re tired and you can t get no rest
              A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)      B7 (x21202@1)             EAn (022100@1)though I d settle for heaven, oblivion would be best

A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)      EI (022100@1)ve been flying around rattling chains
             A (x02220@1)             B7 (x21202@1)       EAppearing (022100@1)in mirrors just to make you insane
             A (x02220@1)            EMaking (022100@1)those noises in your house late at night, yeah
B7I (x21202@1)got to haunt you even though it ain t right

A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)       EMy (022100@1)Old dog misses me so
A (x02220@1)                 E (022100@1)       B7 (x21202@1)             ETo (022100@1)the beach or the dog park, he don t want to go
       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)        ENo, (022100@1)he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed
           A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)        B7 (x21202@1)       EBecause (022100@1)he knows I m right there even though I m dead . . .

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