Ghost Stories chords by Lawrence Arms

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse:
G# minorG#m          E MajorE          G# minorG#m
  Raindrops fell without rage, eyes half closed
          E MajorE    BB F#F#    E MajorE
Skin like dark gray metal, inanimate and cold
G# minorG#m         E MajorE
  Another flame to my face
       G# minorG#m  F#F#     E MajorE
The smell of sulfur lingering away


Chorus:
BB     C#C#  E MajorE              BB
  You're here... for the perforation of the heart
     C#C#      E MajorE
Precise incisions, anesthetic dreams

Verse:
G# minorG#m          E MajorE
  It's broken like a ticking watch, needs repair
G# minorG#m              E MajorE
Shattered glass, exposed face, waiting to be wound
G# minorG#m F#F#       E MajorE                  G# minorG#m
  Wounded like a friend of mine who eased his pain by killing time
  F#F#       E MajorE
Not letting it kill him


Chorus:
BB      C#C#   E MajorE            BB
  When you wake up... you won't remember anything
     C#C#        E MajorE
But that night the ghosts wailed in the wind storm


Verse:
F#F#    G#G#          E MajorE
  Cries sharp like a crescent moon
        F#F#
A augmentedA sickle grazed against the skin
  G#G#          E MajorE
My breath fogged up the window
   BB    F#F#      E MajorE
So I let the night breathe in

Bridge:
F#F# BB E MajorE            F#F#
  I... let the ghosts into my room
  G#G#        E MajorE
And listened to their screams
        BB
Incessant whisperings
E MajorE    F#F# G#G#   E MajorE
Singing... singing


Outro:
BB    E MajorE      G#G#     F#F#     BB
  Like music to my ears, like music to my ears
   E MajorE    G#G#   F#F#
Like music to my ears


BB       E MajorE
  A augmentedA flash of life like lightning
G#G#      F#F#
  Electric blinding blue
BB   F#F#      E MajorE
  Reminding me of you