The Ghost Of Robert Johnson
Ralph Mctell
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Em [Verse 1]Em Down at the lonely crossroadsAm Where the gypsies buried their childG A cigarette stub smoldersB7 from a pack of Lucky Strike.Em Smoke drifts in the stillnessAm A guitar at his sideB7 The ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# waits for the Greyhound bus toEm ride. [Verse 2]Em When you hear those bus tyres hummingAm Glimpse the distant headlights paleG That's the heart beat you hear thumpingB7 From the hell hound on his trail.Em Better to keep movingAm There is no place to hideB7 So the ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus to ride. [Bridge]Am It's the shadows in your mindAm6 That words can not expressEm It's the shiver in your heartContinues after the adWhen it's full of emptinessAm Like bottle that's been drainedAm6 And smashed and cast asideB7 So the ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus and rides. [Verse 3]Em When everything is in piecesAm And smashed down on the groundG Took the bottle by the neckB7 Tuned the guitar downEm When he hits those open stringsAm Hear that one long weeping glide ...B7 The ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus and ride [Instrumental]Am EmAm Em/B Am/C D B7Em [Verse 4]Em In the twisting restless darkAm When you're wishing time awayG Know you cannot have possesionB7 Over judgement dayEm Betrayed by love in vainAm Like som altar jilted brideB7 The ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus to ride [Bridge]Am His guitar speaks for words unsungAm6 Alight with spark and fireEm Seduces with a poet's tongue Rhymes fear and dark desireAm Makes a man plead like a childAm6 When his need outweighs his prideB7 The ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus and rides. [Verse 5]Em Down at the lonely crossroadsAm Smoke drifts anticipatingG Whichever way the wind may blowB7 Eternity lies waitingEm Am Where imagination and reality collideB7 The ghost of Robert JohnsonB7/A B/G B/F# Em Takes the Greyhound bus to ride. [Other] [solo over verse + repeated last line]Em Am G B7Em Am B7B7/A B/G B/F# EmB7/A B/G B/F# Em