Bon Jovi – Living With The Ghost
130 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[This House Is Not for Sale 2016]
Intro
G * G. *b *d Em Em. C. G * G. *b *d Em Em. D.
Verse 1
G Bm C C
Marry me to the blue-eee sky… Bury me in that long
Em Bm
last drop of hard rain… Meet me where they stop-ppp time…
D D
That's you to me on the shovel…
Bm Bm
that's digging this grave… Till I can waltz on a moonbeam…
C C
Till I can find a way to turn
G Bm
all tears into wine… I'll hitch my ride to a day-yyy dream…
D D
Can't unkiss the lips that love
C C
is leaving behind…
Chorus 1
G G
I ain't living with the ghost…
C C
No future living in the past…
Em Em
I've seen that hate has done to hope…
D D
Tomorrow wasn't built to last…
C C
I ain't living with the ghost…
Em Em
How can I scream I'm scared to breathe…
D D
I wrote each word you gave the toast…
D D
but we were fire and gasoline…
* C. ** C. * C. ** C.
I ain't living with the ghost…
Verse 2
G Bm
I set my sails over wheat fields…
C C
Rode waves of amber let a new sun shine on my
Em Bm
face… I dropped the sword put down my shield…
D D
I left your scars for the stars…
Bm Bm
guiding my way… I traded hurting for healing…
C C
I must admit that I was reeling now I'm
G Bm
feeling just fine… Traded nightmares for dreaming…
D D
Go tell your shadows… that I…
C C
got out alive…
Chorus 2
G G
I ain't living with the ghost…
C C
No future living in the past…
Em Em
I've seen that hate has done to hope…
D D
Tomorrow wasn't built to last…
C C
I ain't living with the ghost…
Em Em
How can I scream I'm scared to breathe…
D D
I wrote each word you gave the toast…
D D
but we were fire and gasoline…
* C. ** C. * C. ** C.
I ain't living with the ghost… Aaa-aaa---aaa…
Solo
G G C C Em Em D D C C Em Em D D D D
C C
Last night I had this dream…
Bridge (8th Note Picking / Play Softly)
Am D
I saw a man wash his feet In the church holy water…
C C
He worked up to his knees…
Em D
From his arms to his neck said “I'm… over in my head…”
C C
He was crying trying to get some relief…
Am Am. am am/b
“Lord I'm just trying to get some relief…
C C * C (C)
I had this dream…”
Interlude
G G C C Em Em D D
That man was-sss me-eee-eee…
Chorus 3
G G
I ain't living with the ghost…
C C
No future living in the past…
Em Em
I've seen that hate has done to hope…
D D
Tomorrow wasn't built to last…
C C
I ain't living with the ghost…
Em Em
How can I scream I'm scared to breathe…
D D
I wrote each word you gave the toast…
D D
but we were fire and gasoline…
* C. ** C. * C. ** C.
Now I ain't living with the ghost…
Outro
G G Em Em. C. G G Em Em. D. * G