The Ghost Of Tom Joad original guitar chords by 
Bruce Springsteen 
Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Bm
Bm
A
Bm
Bm
Verse 1
D
A
Going someplace, and there's no going back
over the ridge
Bm
D/A
Bm
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Bm
Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
D
A
Welcome to the new world order
A
Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
Bm
D/A
Bm
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
Chorus 1
Bm
D/A
Bm
Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
Verse 2
Bm
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
D
A
Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
and the first shall be last
Bm
A
Bm
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Bm
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
Bm
A
Bm
Bathing in the city aqueduct
Chorus 2
D
A/C#
Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
Bm
A
Bm
Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
Solo 1
G
G
D
A/C#
Bm
A
Bm
Bm
Now Tom said,
Verse 3
Bm
"Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
D
A
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
and hatred in the air
Bm
A
Bm
Look for me, Mom, I'll be there
for a place to stand
D
A
A decent job or a helping hand
Bm
A
Bm
Look in their eyes, Mom, you'll see me"
Chorus 3
A/C#
Bm
about where it goes
Bm
A
Bm
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Outro 1
G
G
D
A/C#
Bm
A
A
Bm
A
Bm
G
G
D
A/C#
Bm
A
A
Bm
A
Bm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm A D D/A G...
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