Ive Been Riding With The Ghost Chords

KeyEm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

Ive Been Riding With The Ghost by Songs Ohia is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am, Bm, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Played in Standard tuning with  
Capo on the 4th fret 

Em                               Am            Em 
While you was gone you must have done a lot of favors 
                                                                        Am 
Youâ??ve got a whole lot of things I donâ??t think that you could ever have paid for 
                  Em                   Bm 
While youâ??ve been busy crying about my past mistakes 
          Am             A 
Iâ??ve been busy trying to make a change 

Now I made the change 


Em Am Em D (x2) 

(Chorus riff) 
e|-----11----------------------11----------10---| 
B|--9------12-11-9-11-------9------12-11-9------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 

          Em                              Am                Em 
Iâ??ve been riding with the ghost Iâ??ve been doing whatever he told me 
                                                              Am 
I've been looking door to door to see if there was someone to hold me 
  Em                         Bm 
I never met a single one who didnâ??t see through me 
Am                                 A 
None of them would love me if they thought they might lose me 

Unless I made a change 

Em Am Em D (x2) 
(Chorus riff) 

      Em                        Am                  Em 
See I ainâ??t getting better I am only getting behind 
                                             Am 
Standing on a crossroad trying to make up my mind 
Em                        Bm 
Trying to remember how it got so late 
      Am                            A 
While every night pain comes from a different place 

Now somethingâ??s got to change 

Em Am Em D (x2) 
(Chorus riff) 

         Em                        Am                         Em 
I put my foot to the floor to make up for the miles Iâ??ve been losing 
                                                         Am 
Iâ??ve been running out of things I didnâ??t even know I was using 
                  Em            Bm 
While youâ??ve been busy learning how to complain 
          Am                   A 
Iâ??ve been busy learning how to make the change 

Now I made the change 


Em Am Em D (x5) 

Variation for final Chorus 
e|-----11---------------------| 
B|--9------12-11-9-11---9-5---| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|----------------------------| 
A|----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------| 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante