Kings Road Ghosts

           Em             G    
I drove my car along the old bus 
               D             C
route to my parents house today
          Em            G      
And on my way I saw the places I 
       D              C
once loved begin to fade
     Em         G                
The recreation grounds I knew so 
D                C
well have been replaced
      Em               G      
With worn out football pitches, 
          D                C
tennis courts and empty space



Chorus:
            C             Em      
I miss the days I used to know, I 
       D
had a place
               C                 
Where all the friends I thought I 
  Em                 D
loved, weren't far away
          Em     Bm          
Before I lost my way and these 
   C                     G
streets still knew my name
            C       G        
I miss the days I knew I had a 
   D                    Em
place, a place in everything


Em, G, D, C x2


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Verse 2:
              Em                   
Now there are ghosts in the eyes of
       G
 the checkout girls and the
D                 C
Boys that run the bars
    Em               G      
Who 5 years ago were aspiring 
             D           C
artists or poets with guitars
    Em                 C          
We wore our hearts so far down our
  G               D               
 sleeves that we lost them day to 
C
day
          D                Em      
But this place, isn't the same you 
C
see
G          D            Em      
And these streets, don't feel 
    C
like home to me



Chorus:
            C             Em      
I miss the days I used to know, I 
       D
had a place
               C                 
Where all the friends I thought I 
  Em                 D
loved, weren't far away
          Em     Bm          
Before I lost my way and these 
   C                     G
streets still knew my name
            C       G        
I miss the days I knew I had a 
   D                    Em...
place, a place in everything

Whoa's: ...Em - B - C - D - C - G - 
D

Bridge/Outro:
  Em                            
I parked the car and made my way 
       Bm
down closer to the sea.
    C                G            
I inhaled the summer breeze and I 
      C      G      D
felt free.
    Em                             
I forgot how much I missed the way,
     Bm
 the sun lit up the east coast bays
    C                        G    
And made the north sea come alive,
         D                 
 and at night we'd pass the 
  Em
lighthouse by
            C              G      
On the our way to drown ourselves 
           D
in illegal wine.
          C                  G    
And we'd stay awake til the 
            D
morning cars went by,
     C             G              
With nothing but a bus fare and a 
D
smile
       Em       D        C
And I couldn't help but smile.