Intro: Em Em7 Dsus2 Em ... C Em C Em...
Em D Em
Swing swing, gallows swing
C Em
From anger back to sorrow
D Em
Morning gets what midnight brings
G D
And I’ll be dead tomorrow
Em
Just another ghost
Em D Em C Em
My wife left me last wintertime to join another man
D C G D
I lost her love forever and I lost my mind right then
Em G D Em
When I tried but couldn’t picture her sweet face inside my head
C G D Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em
I could only see her lover’s grin, it’s true I killed him dead
Em D Em C Em
But I’ve always been an honest man, as crystal as the sea
D C G D
I’ve always said when I’ve done wrong, and I’ve said when wrong’s done me
Em G D Em
So listen to my warning though I know it might sound strange
C G D Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em
To those who cast condoning eyes upon me when I hang
Em D Em C Em
And let me tell you what I’ve learned, what my guilty mind has seen
D C G D
Of life and then of death and then how ghosts get stuck between
Em G D Em
There’s no slamming doors, no rattling chains, no long black veils at night
C G D Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em
But you’d wish there was cause then you might could die to put things right
Em D Em C Em
But ghosts have got no bodies left, and ghosts have got no will
D C G D
There just etchings on your conscience by the hands that had them killed
Em G D Em
And the world it all looks yellow now, and every breath is foul
C G D Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em
And the water tastes like rancid oil, and the mockingbirds just howl
Em D Em C Em
You can never touch someone you love, it’ll burn them if you try
D C G D
And the face inside the mirror stares back with goldfish bowls for eyes
Em G D Em
And the only dream you ever have is of lying there awake
C G D Em
And it never rains upon your head, it spits into your face
Em C G D Em
A ghost has haunted me -- and worn me thin
C G D
I got what I deserved a thousand times again
Em C G D Em
Oh listen please -- my final words
C G D Em
Before you bring yourself to watch the final length of cord
Em D Em C Em
Cause ghosts don’t die when hands take hands, and ghosts are not released
D C G D
It’s dust to dust and ash to ash, or beast and back to beast
Em G D Em
I hope your heart is large and that there’s room enough in you
C G D Em C Dsus2 Em C Em C Em
For the ghost you choose to make of me and the ghost that haunts me, too
Em D Em
Swing swing, gallows swing
C Em
From anger back to sorrow
D Em
Hide your eyes and wash your wings
G D
Cause I’ll be dead tomorrow
Em
Just another ghost
