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Intro

  Jimmy died on his couch yesterday

 A friend of his ex-wife called me to say

 He just gave it to God, slipped from the living

 With the bills piling up and a back that was giving in

 It’s been years since I’ve seen anyone

  Now I’m sitting here, in the dark

  Stalling out in my car

  Wishing I could bum a light

 From the ghost of the gang tonight

  Kathy lost a nephew under the wheels of a train

 In a midday suicide after a losing streak

 He just stood on the tracks and gave it to glory

  I never called her, to say I’m sorry, my friend

It’s been G years, but I’m Am thinking about you

C And all of your tears and I’m Em sitting here in the G dark

  Afraid to make a stupid call

  Wishing I could bum a light

From the C ghost of the gang D tonight

C Tonight I’m gonna take that ride for

The G years we missed and the D friends that died

C Sideswiped baby on the road somehow with

A G pack of dreams that just D weren’t allowed

Maybe you’re C walking those halls all quiet and sad

Or G sitting in the dark all D scared and mad

Feel my C hand reach across and don’t forget

Where you G come from baby, ‘cause there’s D truth in C it

Yeah we G huddled against the Am cold in those days

By the C light of a fire in a pep-rally haze

With the G smoke and lives past, and a Am reason for living

No C matter how bad it got, we wouldn’t give in to Em it

It’s been G years, since I’ve Am seen anyone

C Or cried these tears now I'm Em sitting here in the G dark,

Am stalling out in my D car

  Wishing I could bum ride

 From the ghost of the gang tonight

  The ghost of the gang tonight