Tuning: Standard (Capo 5th fret) Intro: D5 , G5 B5 , A5 , G5 , D5 D5 G5 In a thousand empty bottles? in a hundred burned out cars B5 A5 G5 D5 In a house up in the Catskills? in all the honky-tonks and bars D5 G5 All the way across the airwaves, and all the way around this land B5 A5 G5 D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 The ghost of Richard Manuel is? walking like a natural man D5 G5 Well last night around the campfire? we got high on homemade wine B5 A5 G5 D5 We passed around the guitar? and tried to sing ?Whispering Pines? D5 G5 And in every sweet falsetto? that was more than I could stand B5 A5 G5 D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 Was the ghost of Richard Manuel just? walking like a natural man D5 G5 Along the keys of my piano? in the kick and in the snare B5 A5 G5 D5 In getting your kicks off of parlor tricks? and in a hound dog?s hungry stare D5 G5 Well He?s getting frozen up in Canada, and burned in the south land B5 A5 G5 D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 But the ghost of Richard Manuel still? walking like a natural man Short Break: D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 D5 G5 There?s a room full of nicotine poets... three harmony guitars B5 A5 G5 D5 And a shopworn tack piano? with 32 bars D5 G5 And the Victrola?s in the corner? spinning ?Alexander?s Ragtime Band? B5 A5 G5 D5 And the ghost of Richard Manuel is? walking like a natural man G5 B5 A5 Hey, Hey Richard? Hey, Hey Richard G5 A5 G5 D5 Richard won?t you sing us? ?Tears of Rage? just one more time D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 D5 G5 B5 A5 G5 D?