Ghost Road

Date: 09/09/06
Transcribed by: Frank Gualtier
  Notes:
   'Ghost Road' is a beautiful song from Carla's 2006 LP 'Pure Things in Wild
   Places'. For more info see:
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   --
   See suggested fingering for chords below song.
  -- start --
  1  2 3 4 1 2 3 4    1  2 3 4 1 2 3 4
  Cm / / / / / / C(9) Cm / / / / / / C(9)
      Cm      Gm
  The road is haunted
       Fm               Cm
  with ghosts, time gone by
               Gm
  They lie and linger
        Fm   Cm
     as I go by
    Eb                         Bb
  A ship is waiting to take me home
    Fm (strum 5 beats then hold) Cm
  A light is shining, leading me on
      Cm      Gm
  I'm told of places
       Fm         Cm
    We go when we go
                  Gm
  The past golden faces
         Fm            Cm
  Steal away to distant shores
    Eb                         Bb
  A ship is waiting to take me home
    Fm                           Cm
  A light is shining, leading me on
      Eb                           Bb
  Archangel Michael standing by the door
        Fm            Cm
  He calls to me, I cannot go
  Eb / / / / / / / Db / / / / / / /
  Fm / / / / / / / Cm / / / / / / /
    Eb                         Bb
  A ship is waiting to take me home
    Fm                           Cm
  A light is shining, leading me on
      Eb                           Bb
  Archangel Michael standing by the door
        Fm            Cm
  He calls to me, I cannot go
        Fm            Cm
  He calls to me, I cannot go
  (2 times)
  Cm / / / / / / / Gm / / / / / / /
  Fm / / / / / / / Cm / / / / / / /
  -- end --
  -- Suggested Fingering -- Vertical Notation

  Cm   3 3 5 5 4 3
  C(9) 3 3 5 5 3 3
  Gm   3 4 4 3 3 3
  Fm   1 3 3 1 1 1
  Eb   3 6 5 3 4 3
  Bb   6 8 8 7 6 6
  Bb   1 1 3 3 3 1 alternate
  Db   1 4 3 1 2 1
  Db   4 4 6 6 6 4 alternate