Chasing a Ghost Tabs & Lyrics by The Morning Benders
Chasing a Ghost
guitar tabs lyrics
Standard tuning
Chords used:
Am: x 0 2 2 1 0
Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0
Dm: x 5 7 7 6 x
C: x 3 5 5 5 x
There's two little riffs that go before the strumming of
Am and Em in the verse so for our purposes i will refer
to this:
e|---3-2-1-0-----|
B|---0-0-0-1-----|
G|---------2-----|
D|---------2-----|
A|---------0-----|
E|---------------|
...as riff 1
and this:
e|--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
B|--3/5-3-1-0-0--|
G|------------0--|
D|------------2--|
A|------------2--|
E|------------0--|
...as riff 2
The song starts where wasted time leaves off right after riff 2,
so it comes in on Em, then plays riff one into Am.
Listen to the song to get the timing and rhythm right.
I don't think the lyrics are totally right but that's not what
you're here for so hopefully you won't mind.
Riff 1
Am
And when you left this town
Riff 2 Em Riff 1
You had to change your name
Am
You had to change your face
Riff 2 Em
To hide away the pain
Dm C Em
But you'll run from heart to heart
Dm C Em Riff 1
Until you come right back to the start
Am
You said we weren't safe
Riff 2 Em Riff 1
And vanished without a trace
Am (strum chord once and let ring)
It's hard to chase a bird
Riff 2 Em
When you don't have any wings
Dm C Em
And you'll fly straight into a dawn
Dm C Em
You'll come back once safely past your part
(the Em for the next part should be played as x79987)
(Strum each chord and let ring)
Dm Em
You say you're alone
Dm
but my arms are open wide
Em
You're looking for something
Dm
That you won't ever find
Then this starts to play over the chords until Em at
"I'm beginning to think that it's better that way":
e|-----------------------------------------------------------12(x12)-15(x12)|
B|---------------------------------------------13(x12)-15(x12)--------------|
G|7(x12)-9(x12)-10(x12)-12(x12)-14(x12)-16(x12)-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Start strumming the chords now, instead of letting ring)
Dm
Now it's raining so hard
Em Dm
I can't see my own tears
Em
You're giving me reason
Dm
To put trust in my fears
Em
Now I'm chasing a ghost
Dm
Cause there ain't no real thing
Em
There's only a carcass of
Dm
Where "I love you" should stay
Em
I'm beginning to think
Em (This Em: 022000)
That it's better that way
Solo:
e|--10-10-1010-7-7-77-10-10-1010-7-7-77-15-15-1515-12-12-1212-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--10-10-1010-12-12-1212-12----12----14----15----12----12---14----15----|
B|--------------------------13----13----13----13----13----13---13----13--|
G|----------------------------14----14----14----14----14----14---14----14|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
And I haven't figured out the rest of the solo so I usually
just go into riff 2 because that's what the other guitar is doing.
Riff 1
And one day you'll return
Riff 2
As open as a dove
Riff 1
And maybe then you'll ask
Riff 2
What happened to our love?
