The Ghost Of Tom Joad Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]
[G][Am][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Men walking 'long the railroad tracks
[C]Going someplace, and there's no going [G]back
Highway pat[G]rol choppers coming up
over the ridge
Hot [Am]soup on a campfire [G]under the [Am]bridge
[Am]Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
[C]Welcome to the new world [G]order
Families [G]sleeping in the cars in the southwest
No [Am]home, no job, no [G]peace, no [Am]rest

[Chorus 1]
Well the [F]highway is alive tonight
But nobody's [C]kidding nobody
about where it [Am]goes
I'm [G]sitting down here in the campfire light
[Am]Searching for the [G]ghost of Tom [Am]Joad

[Verse 2]
He pulls a [Am]prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher [C]lights up a butt and he takes a [G]drag
Waiting for when the [G]last shall be first
and the first shall be last
In a [Am]cardboard box 'neath the [G]under[Am]pass
Got a [Am]one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a [C]hole in your belly
and a gun in your [G]hand
[G]Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[Am]Bathing in the city [G]aque[Am]duct

[Chorus 2]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
[C]Where it's headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
I'm [G]sitting down here in the campfire light
[Am]Waiting on the [G]ghost of Tom [Am]Joad

[Solo 1]
[F][F]
[C][G][Am]
[G]Now[Am] Tom said[Am],

[Verse 3]
"Mom, wher[Am]ever there's a cop beating a guy
Wherever a [C]hungry newborn baby [G]cries
Where there's a [G]fight against the blood
and hatred in the air
[Am]Look for me, Mom, [G]I'll be [Am]there
Where there's [Am]somebody's fighting
for a place to stand
A [C]decent job or a helping [G]hand
Wherever [G]somebody's struggling to be free
[Am]Look in their eyes, Mom, [G]you'll see [Am]me"

[Chorus 3]
Well the [F]highway is alive tonight
But nobody's [C]kidding nobody
about [G]where it [Am]goes
I'm [G]sitting down here in the campfire light
[Am]With the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad

[Outro 1]
[F][F]
[C][G][Am]
[G][G]
[Am][G][Am]
[F][F]
[C][G][Am]
[G][G]
[Am][G][Am]