[Verse 1]
F Am C
I wanna go to the ocean and send a postcard of my loneliness
F Am
Forgetting you is so elusive
C
I run away but it's always this
G
You're the only one
F
I love
C G
It's always been you
F Am
And I wish I was conscripted in the Merchant Marines
C G F
Shanghaied into service of sails and machines, just to stay alive
F Am
And my sister keeps it simple she's a shipboard cook
C G F
She can drive a line, but if you take a look, she's kinda worried though
[Chorus]
Am
'Cause I keep hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
Am
Hoping you will find me
C G F
I keep hoping you will find me
C
I'm always a ghost
[Verse 2]
F Am
I tried your gypsy table ramblings and your seance stunt
C
I keep an open mind but I think it's just a front
G F
Want to believe it though
F Am
My sister says: 'Forget her boy, that's all that you need'
C G
Pitching magical elixirs and bottles full of mead for a broken heart
F
It's too late for that
[Bridge]
C
So light em up boys here's to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
Am
I lost myself and that's where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
I'm always a ghost
[Verse 3]
Am
You're about as haunted as a darkened basement
C
I've got all the chances of a dog in a settlement
E
I live by her secrets, she'll never tell
G F
I ride along without 'em on a deep sea swell
Am
I heard there's someone new, and she starts to talk
C
She's the merry widow on the widow's walk
E
And the fear is I'm the one no matter where you are
G F
In this twisted, fucked up film noir
[Chorus]
Am
And I'm hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
Am
Hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
G
Yeah yeah
C
So light em up boys here's to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
Am
I lost myself and that's where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
[Post-chorus]
F C
I'm always a ghost
G F
I'm always a ghost
G C
I'm always a ghost
G F
I'm always a ghost
I'm always a ghost
[Outro]
C
So light em up boys here's to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
Am
I lost myself and that's where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
I'm always a ghost
C
So light em up boys here's to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
Am
I lost myself and that's where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
I'm always a ghost