Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Zirilli. Nació en Freehold, New Jersey, EE UU, el 23 de septiembre de 1949 de padre irlandés (Douglas Springsteen) y de madre italiana (Adele Zirilli). Creció en Freehold, Nueva Jersey.
Editó su primer disco en 1972, llamado "Greetings from Asbury Park", que vendió apenas 25.000 copias y tuvo poca acogida por la crítica. Su siguiente disco fue "The Wild, the Innocent and the E street Shuffle", editado al año siguiente, que tuvo una repercusión mayor.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD by Bruce Springsteen (Live Performance 1999-10-23, Staples Center, LA)
Hey, this is my first tab, i made this one for the version played live at the staples center in 1999. You best check the youtube link for the strumming pattern: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezJ_UaIP_g
capo: 3rd fret harp: b flat major chords used (relative to capo)
Em (022000) G (320001) C (x32010) D/F# (200232)
[Intro] Em, G, D/F#, Em, C, G, Em, D/F#
[Verse 1] Em Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks GD/F# Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Em Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner GD/F# Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest Em No home no job no peace no rest
[Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight GEm But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[Verse 2] Em He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag GD/F# Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Em In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land GD/F# You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Em Bathin' in the city aqueduct
[Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight GEm But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[Band Interlude] C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :|
[Verse 3] Em Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy GD/F# Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Em Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand GD/F# Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Em Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
[Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight GEm But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[Outro] C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| G,C,Em
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