Em (022000) G (320001) C (x32010) D/F# (200232) [Intro] Em, G, D/F#, Em, C, G, Em, D/F# [Verse 1] Em Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks G D/F# Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Em Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner G D/F# Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest Em No home no job no peace no rest [Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad [Verse 2] Em He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag G D/F# Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Em In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land G D/F# You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Em Bathin' in the city aqueduct [Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad [Band Interlude] C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| [Verse 3] Em Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy G D/F# Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Em Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand G D/F# Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Em Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me." [Chorus] C The highway is alive tonight G Em But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes D/F# I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Em Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad [Outro] C,G,Em,D/F#,Em :| G,C,Em