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Verse 1:
F A C
I wanna go to the ocean and send a postcard of my loneliness
F A
Forgetting you is so elusive
C
I run away but it'??s always this
G
You'??re the only one
F
I love
C G
It'??s always been you
F A
And I wish I was conscripted in the Merchant Marines
C G F
Shanghaied into service of sails and machines, just to stay alive
F A
And my sister keeps it simple she'??s a shipboard cook
C G F
She can drive a line, but if you take a look, she'??s kinda worried though
Chorus:
A
'??Cause I keep hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
A
Hoping you will find me
C G F
I keep hoping you will find me
C
I'??m always a ghost
Verse 2:
F A
I tried your gypsy table ramblings and your seance stunt
C
I keep an open mind but I think it'??s just a front
G F
Want to believe it though
F A
My sister says: '??Forget her boy, that'??s all that you need'?Β
C G
Pitching magical elixirs and bottles full of mead for a broken heart
F
It'??s too late for that
Bridge:
C
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
I'??m always a ghost
Verse 3:
A
You'??re about as haunted as a darkened basement
C
I'??ve got all the chances of a dog in a settlement
E
I live by her secrets, she'??ll never tell
G F
I ride along without '??em on a deep sea swell
A
I heard there'??s someone new, and she starts to talk
C
She'??s the merry widow on the widow'??s walk
E
And the fear is I'??m the one no matter where you are
G F
In this twisted, fucked up film noir
Chorus:
A
And I'??m hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
A
Hoping you will find me
C
I keep hoping you will find me
G
Yeah yeah
C
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
Post-chorus:
F C
I'??m always a ghost
G F
I'??m always a ghost
G C
I'??m always a ghost
G F
I'??m always a ghost
I'??m always a ghost
Outro:
C
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
I'??m always a ghost
C
So light em up boys here'??s to your youth
G F
Sing loud enough to tell the truth
A
I lost myself and that'??s where I lost you
G F
Ohh oh oh, let go of that whipping post
C
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Last Updated: November 19, 2017