Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
FF A augmentedA C majorC
I wanna go to the ocean and send a postcard of my loneliness
FF A augmentedA
Forgetting you is so elusive
C majorC
I run away but it'??s always this
G+G
You'??re the only one
FF
I love
C majorC G+G
It'??s always been you
FF A augmentedA
And I wish I was conscripted in the Merchant Marines
C majorC G+G FF
Shanghaied into service of sails and machines, just to stay alive
FF A augmentedA
And my sister keeps it simple she'??s a shipboard cook
C majorC G+G FF
She can drive a line, but if you take a look, she'??s kinda worried though
Chorus:
A augmentedA
'??Cause I keep hoping you will find me
C majorC
I keep hoping you will find me
A augmentedA
Hoping you will find me
C majorC G+G FF
I keep hoping you will find me
C majorC
I'??m always a ghost
Verse 2:
FF A augmentedA
I tried your gypsy table ramblings and your seance stunt
C majorC
I keep an open mind but I think it'??s just a front
G+G FF
Want to believe it though
FF A augmentedA
My sister says: '??Forget her boy, that'??s all that you need'?
C majorC G+G
Pitching magical elixirs and bottles full of mead for a broken heart
FF
It'??s too late for that
Bridge:
C majorC
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G+G FF
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A augmentedA
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G+G FF
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C majorC
I'??m always a ghost
Verse 3:
A augmentedA
You'??re about as haunted as a darkened basement
C majorC
I'??ve got all the chances of a dog in a settlement
E MajorE
I live by her secrets, she'??ll never tell
G+G FF
I ride along without '??em on a deep sea swell
A augmentedA
I heard there'??s someone new, and she starts to talk
C majorC
She'??s the merry widow on the widow'??s walk
E MajorE
And the fear is I'??m the one no matter where you are
G+G FF
In this twisted, fucked up film noir
Chorus:
A augmentedA
And I'??m hoping you will find me
C majorC
I keep hoping you will find me
A augmentedA
Hoping you will find me
C majorC
I keep hoping you will find me
G+G
Yeah yeah
C majorC
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G+G FF
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A augmentedA
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G+G FF
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
Post-chorus:
FF C majorC
I'??m always a ghost
G+G FF
I'??m always a ghost
G+G C majorC
I'??m always a ghost
G+G FF
I'??m always a ghost
I'??m always a ghost
Outro:
C majorC
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G+G FF
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A augmentedA
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G+G FF
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C majorC
I'??m always a ghost
C majorC
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G+G FF
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A augmentedA
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G+G FF
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C majorC