5 Chords used in the song: Am, G, C, Em, F
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Am Am Am Am G
Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
C (C) G G
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
G G G G
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Am (Em) Am Am
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Am Am Am Am
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
C (C) G G
Welcome to the new world order
G G G G
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
Am (G) Am Am
No home no job no peace no rest
(Chorus)
F F F F
The highway is alive tonight
C (G) Am Am
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
G G G G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am G Am Am
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
Am Am Am Am
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
C (C) G G
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
G G G G
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
Am (G) Am Am
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Am Am Am Am
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
C (C) G G
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
G G G G
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Am (G) Am Am
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
F F F F
The highway is alive tonight
C G Am Am
Where it's headed everybody knows
G G G G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am (G) Am Am
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
(Solo)
F F F F / C (G)
Am Am G
Am Am Am Am
Now Tom said "Mom
Am Am Am Am
wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
C (C) G G
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
G G G G
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Am (G) Am Am
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Am Am Am Am
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
C (C) G G
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
G G G G
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Am (G) Am Am
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
F F F F
Well the highway is alive tonight
C (G) Am Am
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
G G G G
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am (G) Am Am
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
(Solo)
F F F F / C (G) Am Am
G G G G / Am (G) Am Am
F F F F / C (G) Am Am
G G G G / Am (G) Am (Am)
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About this song: The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Taken from Springsteen On Broadway, the Boss's live document of his very personal solo shows this finds Bruce taking on the troubles of the world. When he sings of "a cardboard box 'neath the underpass and a pillow of solid rock, it feels more relevant than ever before. Read more on Last.fm.