House of Heroes - Ghost ( C5 ) G5 Fell in love in high school C5 G5 With a brown haired, green eyed girl E5 I walked her home most everyday C5 Held her hand, I held the world G5 We made our plan to run away C5 G5 I couldn't wait to share her life E5 We started countin down the days C5 G5 She couldn't wait to be my wife I got a job and bought a car C5 G5 I turned 18 that spring E5 By summer had my own place C5 And I bought my baby's ring G5 Fell in with the wrong crowd C5 G5 Breakin laws, I broke her heart E5 By autumn was in handcuffs C5 G5 Baby's cryin out in her front yard D5 And that's what hurt the most E5 C5 I saw it in her green eyes G5 She had seen a ghost G5 My mama saw me every week C5 G5 Tried her hardest not to cry E5 She told me that she loved me C5 Disappointment in her eyes G5 I said, "Mama, I love you too C5 G5 And I'm gonna make you proud one day" E5 A month before I got out C5 G5 They told me mama passed away D5 And that's what hurt the most E5 C5 G5 I saw it in her eyes, her son was a ghost D5 D5 I hate this life I chose E5 C5 G5 Long before she died her son was a ghost G5 Now I got my freedom C5 G5 But it feels like emptiness E5 In front of the apartment C5 Where your sister says you live G5 C5 G5 And there's another man, who fills my empty shoes E5 And darlin you don't see me C5 G5 But you know that I see you, I drift off... G5 I'm gonna fade away C5 G5 Beyond the city lights E5 I'm gonna fade away C5 Through the emty night G5 I'm gonna fade away C5 G5 Drifting out your life E5 I wanna fade away C5 G5 Through the empty night
