Indigo Girls - Ghost

ghost – – indigo girls

this version is complete with authentic chords & list of fingerings , verse picking
patterns , plus lead – in riffs to the chorus and last verse . enjoy!

intro/verse : D9/F# , G , C9 , G/B ( see figures at bottom of page )

there’s a letter on the desktop , that i dug out of a drawer
the last truce we ever came to , from our adolescent war
and i start to feel the fever , from the warm air through the screen
you come regular like seasons , shadowing my dreams ( extra C9 G/B D9/F# G )

well , the mississippi’s mighty , but it starts in minnesota
at a place that you could walk across with five steps down
and i guess that’s how you started like a pinprick to my heart
D9/F# G C9
but at this point you rush right through me and i start to drown

( strum ) D D#dim Em – Em7 A7sus – A7
and there’s not enough room in this world for my pain
D D/C# Bm7
signals cross and love gets lost and time passed makes it plain
D D#dim Em – Em7 A7sus – A7
of all my demon spirits i need you the most
i’m in love with your ghost x2 C9 G/B D9/F# G

dark and dangerous like a secret , that gets whispered in a hush
when i wake the things i dreamt about you last night make me blush
when you kiss me like a lover , then you sting me like a viper
i go follow to the river , play your memory like the piper

and i feel it like a sickness , how this love is killing me
but i’d walk into the fingers of your fire willingly
and dance the edge of sanity , i’ve never been this close
in love with your ghost

oo oo – oo ooooooooooooo oo – oo oooooo oo oooo x2 C9 , G/B , D9/F# , G

( strum ) Em – Em7 A7sus A7
unknowing captor , you’ll never know how much you
D D/C# F#11
pierced my spirit , but i can’t touch you
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/A *
can you hear it , a cry to be free
B7 Em E Am C D D/C G/B D
i’m forever under lock and key as you pass through me ( bridge riff )

now i see your face before me , i would launch a thousand ships
to bring your heart back to my island , as the sand beneath me slips
as i burn up in your presence , and i know now how it feels
to be weakened like achilles , with you always at my heels

and my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that i keep
it poisons me , i can’t swim free , the river is too deep
though i’m baptized by your touch , i Am no worse at most
C ( 9 ) G6/B D ( 9 ) /F# G6
in love with your ghost
in love with your ghost x3 ( shadowing my dreams; ooooooooh x2 )

end with outro fill & riff . strum D/F# to finish ( 200232 ) .

chords ( in order of appearance ) :
D9/F# 200230
G 3×0030
C9 x32030
G/B x20030
D xx0232
D#dim xx1212
Em 022000
Em7 022030 ( strum backwards and hold two beats in bridge )
A7sus x02030
A7 x02020
D/C# x4x232
Bm7 x24232
F#11 244300
Bm x24432
Bm/A x04432
Bm/G# 4×4430
Bm/A * x04430
B7 x24242
E 022100
Am x02210
C x32010

intro/outro fill ( skip initial hammer – on first time through ) :
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | 3 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – ( 0h ) 2/4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

intro/1st verse/outro riff :
D/F# G C ( 9 ) G/B
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – | – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – |
G – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – | – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – |
D – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – | – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – |
E 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

main riff ( technically starts at C9 for instrumental after 1st verse ) :
D9/F# G C9 G/B
E – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – |
G – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – | – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – |
D – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – | – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – |
E 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

C9 riff before each chorus : ( and on to strum chorus chords )
E – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – | – 2 . . . – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – | – 3 . . . – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – 2 . . . – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – | – 0 . . . – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

bridge outro riff :
D D/C G/B D
E – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – | – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – |
D 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – | – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – | 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |