Ghost Stories chords by Lawrence Arms

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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