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The Ghost Tab

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Petey D.
|Intro/Little breaks between verse
|Guitar 2 (x4 occasionally with phaser)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------

|Verse
|Guitar 1 x6
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-7---9--9--7--9----7---9--9--7--9----7---9--9--7--9----7---9--9--7--9--
|(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)-
|(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)--(7)-(7)(7)(7)(7)-
|
|Guitar 2 x4
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-

|Pre-Chorus
|Guitar 1 x2
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|-2-2-2~----7-7-7-5-4--2-2-2~----7/5-5/9-
|-2-2-2~----x-x-x-x-x--2-2-2~----x/x-x/x-
|-0-0-0~----5-5-5-3-2--0-0-0~----5/3-3/7-
|----------------------------------------
| x x                  x x
|Guitar 2 x2
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
  x x     x x x x x x x x x     x x x x x x x

|Chorus
|Guitar 1 x2 (The part after the | is played at the very end of the Chorus)
|-------------------------------------------------|-------
|-------------------------------------------------|-------
|---14-13---12-9---12-9~-------9-8---7-2---5-2~---|-5-5-5-
|-------------------------------------------------|-x-x-x-
|-0~------0~-----0~-----0~---0~----0~----0~----0~-|-3-3-3-
|-------------------------------------------------|-------
|
|Guitar 2 x8 (The part after the | is played at the very end of the Chorus)
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-
  x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

|Verse 2
|Guitar 1 x1 (Let guitar 2 play a little then start to come in with a hum)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-16-9-9---7-9-9---16-9-9---7-9---16-9-9---7-9-9---16-9-9---7-7-7-
|--x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x-x---x-x----x-x-x---x-x-x----x-x-x---x-x-x-
|-14-7-7---5-7-7---14-7-7---5-7---14-7-7---5-7-7---14-7-7---5-5-5-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Guitar 2 x4
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|-9-9-2--2--0-0-2--2--9-9-2--2--5-5-7--7-
|-9-9-2--2--0-0-2--2--9-9-2--2--5-5-7--7-
|-9-9-2--2--0-0-2--2--9-9-2--2--5-5-7--7-

|Pre-Chorus
|Guitar 1 x2
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|-2-2-2~----7-7-7-5-4--2-2-2~----7/5-5/9-
|-2-2-2~----x-x-x-x-x--2-2-2~----x/x-x/x-
|-0-0-0~----5-5-5-3-2--0-0-0~----5/3-3/7-
|----------------------------------------
| x x                  x x
|Guitar 2 x2
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7~--3-3-3-3-5-5-5-
  x x     x x x x x x x x x     x x x x x x x

|Chorus
|Guitar 1 x3
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|---14-13---12-9---12-9~-------9-8---7-2---5-2~---
|-------------------------------------------------
|-0~------0~-----0~-----0~---0~----0~----0~----0~-
|-------------------------------------------------
|
|Guitar 2 x4 (Then stop and let Guitar 1 and bass do their thang until the solo)(You can 
clap if you want)
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
  x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

|Ending/Solo
|Guitar 2 x4
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-
|-0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2----0--2-2-0-2-
|
|Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-16v~----16v~----14-16-16-14-16-----------------14-------------12-11-11-9-9/7-9-12-11-9-9/7-9-
|---------------------------------12-14-14-12-14----12h11-12h11--------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-15--12--14--11--11h12--14b~----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------14b-12h14p12----14b--12h14p12----12----------14-13-12--11-10-9-8-7-
|--------------------------------------------12---------------14----14-12h14-----------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When the solo just starts descending at the very end Guitar 2 just holds his hand over 
the strings (mute harmonic or whatever you want to call it) and strums a pattern that’s 
kind of like his rhythm during the rest of the solo. Have fun.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture silent Rhythm Player	#1 by silent support at Jun 10, 1974 at 8:29 AM EST
	amazing song. it has tons of meaning. youwithoutme is right on.

No Picture gabby Professional	#2 by gabby at Oct 21, 1979 at 1:02 PM EST
	Effing amazing.

No Picture little Average	#3 by little emo at Sep 27, 1981 at 8:35 AM EST
	"put music to our troubles and we'll dance them away" such a great great line... when i saw them live once at a hardcore fest i remember he said that he would much rather dance with his hips then his fists...

No Picture Squirrels Lead Player	#4 by Squirrels Dyrant at Sep 13, 1988 at 1:58 AM EST
	youwithoutme is dead on in my opinion. he's obviously been trying to tell this girl about Christ, but to no avail. look at "we talked about forever and all our other useless words". the girl simply doesn't care, see "it's the devil I suppose, but it doesn't matter much to me".

No Picture Marcus19 Rhythm Player	#5 by Marcus19 Doug at Apr 8, 1989 at 8:55 PM EST
	good analysis ya'll...i agree. and this is a beautiful song

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#6 by Shreder Dude at Jun 1, 1992 at 11:57 PM EST
	this is one of my favorite songs by this band. i love the line "put music to our troubles and we'll dance them away"

No Picture ryan Average	#7 by ryan oh at Oct 9, 1992 at 7:56 PM EST
	i don't think that anything about trying to tell a girl about Christ is obvious. i mean, this has been one of my favourite songs for years & i've never gotten that interpretation out of it. i always assumed the song was based purely on the relationship, with spiritual themes of apathy vs consideration. "we talked about forever & all our other useless words" i thought was refering to the future of their relationship. you know, young couples, always idealizing the future and making promises they can't keep. but who knows. this whole song meanings thing would be much easier if aaron just signed up and told us the truth himself..

No Picture ♥brian Lead Player	#8 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Aug 4, 1996 at 10:50 AM EST
	I think what Aaron was trying to say with this song was that he loves a girl but he can't be with her because she's not a christian. It seems like he tried to tell her about God "In His silent sound was the peace i found" and "But a tree once cut down , came up new from the ground" but she doesnt really care about "religon" and God so it hurts him. He is still happy though because he has God but is sad he can't have her "From my left eye flow tears of joy , of sorrow from my right". He is also saying that though she appears strong without God she is really frail on the inside hence the line "You might seem to strong to surrender(to God) boy but your far too frail to fight". It also seems like she ended up dumping him because "as the warmth that I seem to lack" but Aaron is saying now she wont find it in God because she wont "surrender" to him as said in the line "as the warmth that i seem to lack you'll niether find in Him." , and that's just what i think. Thanks for your time!