Ghost In This Guitar Chords
by Vernon Rust
Ghost In This Guitar by Vernon Rust is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, G, Am, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em | | | | D | | | |
Em
Down the drainpipe cross the yard and through the fence
D Em
I risked a whoopin' every time I went
C
Cause white boys weren't allowed
G
On the coloured side of town
Am
But I was proud to call
B7
That old black man my friend
He had a pillow on the bed he used to pray on
And a beat up old guitar he let me play on
I knew where my fingers went
>From his greasy fingerprints
Yeah he was passing on
What was handed down to him
Chorus:
C G
And it soaked up all the blood and sweat and teardrops
D Em
and the beers he missed in smokey little bars
C G
And sometimes that old man he comes alive in my hands
Am B7
I feel the beating of his sad old broken heart
C D
Just like there's a ghost in this guitar
A
A ghost in this guitar
Well the night before he died he made me take it
He said "You play it know 'cause I gotta go
And I can feel him in my fingers when I play it
'Cause sometimes I'm in control
And sometimes I just sit back
And let him go
Sit back and let him go
Chorus