Capo 2nd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
[C add 9,G major] x4
Verse
[repeat intro lick with verse]
C add 9, G major
Ghost on the street today
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doorways of jackson square
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in tinsel and tap shoes
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mardi gras beads in her hair
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'n down to the graveyard
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she wrung out her hands
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as if he will meet her
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all day she stands
Chorus
add 9
so don't leave me
major, ,
and I know you're justified
add 9
so don't leave me
D C add 9, G major (Begin opening riff again)
'cause a part of you, in me diiiiied
( add 9, major) x3
C add 9, G major
we wish ourselves beautiful
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'n we cry in the night
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and it's not the love you feel
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but the fall from the heights
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my personal ledges
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afraid to look down
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my crepe paper bridges
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and no water to drown
(Begin opening riff again)
( add 9, major) x3
Bridge
add 9 major, ,
and I see the lonely souls, searchin?
add 9
but before the heartbreak goes,
( add 9, major riff) x3
draw the curtain
C add 9, G major
I'm a ghost on the streets today
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surrounded by eyes
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I feel them peer through me
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and my harlequin disguise
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if it makes you feel better
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come join me a while
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there's love in my open arms
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there's love in my spirit smiles
CHOURUS
Fade out with opening riff