Ghost Town Blues
by Paddy McAloon

1/2 step lower

Intro:

E6(or C#m7/E)----

F#m(sus)-E6-(2x)
F#m(sus)-E6(+7)-
Dmaj7-Bdim7-
G-F#-E6/C#(or C#m7)hold

I.
F#m(sus)          E6        F#m(sus)     E6
   Sitting alone when her       work is through, 
F#m(sus)             E6                 F#m(sus)     E6
   These days she's listless though that spring sky is blue.
F#m(sus)       E7           Dmaj7        Bdim7
   Her parents try but it's   not much use.  
F#m(sus)               E6          F#m(sus)       E6
   Her boyfriend left home, it was   late Summertime, 
          F#m(sus)         E6(+7)      Dmaj7        Bdim7
Life was good, they were young, but glory is purblind, 
G                F#           E6/C#(or C#m7)hold          
   How could a future like that go wrong ? 

II.
I know the Mayor of this hysterical town, 
He worked himself up from the dirt on the ground.
Now everyone asks him questions and so on. 
People consider they've a right to be told, 
He just can't imagine what it is he should know, 
People naturally wonder what it's all leading to . . .  

Refrain:
    A6(or F#m7/A)  G#m7(bass follows melody, thus: /A/B,/C#,/F#)
Oh Anne          Garland,     
    F#m               (C#m7)      Bm7
You can't call this heartbeat a man. 
    A6         G#m7/D#
Too sad    you bet -    
      D6(+maj7)          C#m7     Bm7
We're all caught in history's web. 
   A6      G#m7     
But don't cry too soon, 
            D6(+maj7)        C#m7          Bm7
You might as well fall in love with the Moon. 
     A6      G#m7  
Oh Anne Garland, 
    D6(+maj7)  C#m7          Bm7(bass gliss)
We win or we lose at his hand. 

III.
Cars collide and they kill the groom, 
Death's neatly spruced for his honeymoon. 
Find an answer while I leave the room. 
Man made the neon and he learnt how to fly, 
But Gold made the stars while he fashioned the sky, 
Perhaps I should learn to shut my mouth.

(repeat Refrain)

Coda:

D6        C#m7          Bm7
Win or we lose at his hand. 
D6        C#m7          Bm7(+9)
Win or we lose at his hand. 
D6-C#m7-Bm7---(2x)
D6-C#m7-Bm7+9sus(or F#m7/B)hold