Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, nascido dia 23 de Setembro de 1949 em Long Branch, New Jersey, Estados Unidos, apelidado de "The Boss" é um cantor e compositor americano que tem como banda de apoio a E Street Band. Começou sua carreira em 1969. Springsteen é conhecido por suas letras patrióticas, poéticas, e sentimentos de afeição por sua terra natal, New Jersey.
Em 1965, apresentava-se no Greenwich Village em New York formado bandas como Steel Mill e Dr. Zoom and The Sonic Boom.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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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