Ghost - Oliver Nelson Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Am]
[G][C][Dsus4][D]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]I
keep going to the river to pray
[Am]'Cause I need something that
can wash [Em]out the pain
[C]And at most
I'm sleeping all these demons away
[D]But your gho[Dsus4]st, the ghost[D] of you
It keeps [Em]me awake

[Verse 2]
My friends had you figured [Em]out
Yeah, they saw what's
in[Am]side of you
You tried hidin' another you
But your [C]evil was coming through

[Verse 3]
These eyes sitting on [C]the wall
Well, they watch every [Dsus4]move I ma[D]ke
Bright light living in the shape
Your cold [Em]hart makes my
spirit shake (ooh)
I had to [Am]go through hell

[Verse 4]
to
prove I'm not insane
Had [C]to meet the devil just to
know his name
And that's when my
[Dsus4]love was burning
[D]Yeah, it's still burn[G]ing[C]

[Verse 5]
I [C]keep [Am]going to the river to pray
[Em]'Cause I need some[G]thing
that can [Em]wash out the pain
[C]And at most
[Am]I'm sleeping all these demons away
[Em]But your ghost, the ghos[G]t of you
It [Em]keeps me [C]awake

[Verse 6]
I [C]keep [Am]going to the river to pray
[Em]'Cause I need some[G]thing
that can [Em]wash out the pain
[C]And at most
[Am]I'm sleeping all these demons away
[Em]But your ghost, the ghos[D]t of you
It keeps me [Em]awake

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am]
[G][C]
[Dsus4][D][Em]

[Verse 7]
Each time that I think you go [Em]I
turn around and you're [Am]creeping in
And I let you under my skin
'Cause I [C]love living in the sin

[Verse 8]
Oh, you never told [C]me
True love [D]was gonna hurt
[Dsus4]True pain I do[D]n't deserve
Truth [C]is I never learned (ooh)

[Verse 9]
[Am]I keep going to the river to
[Em]pray (ooh- oh)
'Cause I need [G]something that can
[Em]wash out the [C]pain (oh)
And at most
[Am]I'm sleeping all these demons away
[Em]But your ghost,
the [G]ghost of [Em]you (oh, oh)
It keeps [C]me[Am][Em][G]
[Em]awak[C]e[Am][Em][D]

[Interlude 2]
(oh, oh, oh)
[D][Em][G][Am][D]
[C][G][Am][D]
[Em]

[Verse 10]
I [Em]keep [G]going to the river to pray
[Am]'Cause I need some[D]thing
that can wash out the pain
[C]And at most
[G]I'm sleeping all these demons away
[Am]But your ghost, the ghos[D]t of you
It keeps me [C]awake

[Verse 11]
[C]Give up the [Em]ghost
Give up the ghost
Give up [D]the ghost
Stop the [G]haunting, [Am]baby
Give [Em]up the ghost

[Verse 12]
[Em]
Give up [D]the ghost
Give up the [G]ghost[Em]
[C]No mor[Am]e hau[Em]nting, baby
I [G]keep going [Em]to th[C]e
[Am]rive[Em]r
[G]

[Verse 13]
[Em][C]
I [Am]keep going to the river to
[Em]pray (oh, yeah)
'Cause I need [G]something
that can [Em]wash out the pain
[C]And at most
[Am]I'm sleeping all these demons away[Em]
But your ghost,
the [G]ghost of [Em]you (your ghost)
It [G]keeps me [C]awake

[Verse 14]
I [C]keep [Am]going to the river to pray (I k[Em]eep going,
oh, yeah)
'Cause I need [G]something that can
[Em]wash out [G]the [C]pain (ooh)
And at most
[Am]I'm sleeping all these demons [Em]away
But your ghost,
the [G]ghost of you (oh- ooh- oh)
It keeps me [C]awake

[Outro 1]
[Am]
[Em][G][C]
[Am][Em][G]