Capo 2
Intro W/Harmonica:
Lam Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Man walkin‘ long the railroad tracks
Do Sol
Goin‘ some place there’s no going back
Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Lam/Sol Lam
Shelter line stretchin‘ round the corner
Do Sol
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
No home no job no peace no rest
Fa
The highway is alive tonight
Do Do/Si Lam
But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes
Sol
I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Searchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Do Sol
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin‘ for when the last shall be
first and the first shall be last
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
In a cardboard box neath the underpass
Lam/Sol Lam
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
Do Sol
You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Bathin‘ in the city aquaeduct
Fa
The highway is alive tonight
Do Do/Si Lam
Where it’s headed everybody knows
Sol
I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[Armonica Break]
Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy
Do Sol
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Look for me Mom I’ll be there
Lam/Sol Lam
Wherever there’s somebody fightin‘ for a place to stand
Do Sol
Or decent job or helping hand
Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
Look in their eyes Mom you’ll see me"
Fa
Well the highway is alive tonight
Do Do/Si Lam
But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes
Sol
I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light
Lam Lam/Sol Lam
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam x2
Last time: Lam Lam/Sol Lam
The Ghost Of Tom Joad accordi
di Bruce Springsteen
