Ghost Man Cifras

Passafire - Ghost Man
Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
 
The song is mostly played in an upstroking/reggae style, but there are some parts where the strumming pattern
changes, which are noted in their respective locations.
 
[Intro] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
Cm Bb Fm Ab
Cm Dm Bb F
 
[Verse 1] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - BACK TO UPSTROKING/REGGAE STYLE)
 
Cm Bb Fm Ab (x4)
 
              Cm               Bb         Fm       Ab
There’s a man who used to live up on the top floor
        Cm         Bb               Fm              Ab
It’s obvious he never found what he was looking for
                Cm              Bb              Fm                    Ab
And he appeared to me one night when I came walking through that door
              Cm             Bb            Fm      Ab
I looked around and he’s not there anymore
      Cm        Bb         Fm         Ab
He’s here (yeah), then he disappeared
              Cm                    Bb          Fm       Ab
Saw the ghost of a man and his voice I did hear
        Cm          Bb            Fm         Ab
He told me to be quiet, it was crystal clear
               Cm       Bb
I looked around, and it filled me full of
 
(CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
 
Fm   Ab
fear
 
[Chorus] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - THREE DOWNSTROKES (LISTEN TO THE SONG TO LEARN TIMING))
       Cm                 Bb
Then I ran all the way to my room
        Fm                Ab
Like an embryo inside the womb
         Cm                         Bb
Stuck my head under the covers like a loon
        Fm                        Ab
Soon my head was light like a balloon, yeah
         Cm                 Bb
I said I ran all the way to my room
        Fm                Ab
Like an embryo inside the womb
         Cm                         Bb
Stuck my head under the covers like a loon
 
(CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
 
        Fm
Soon my head was light like a balloon
 
[Verse 2] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - BACK TO UPSTROKING/REGGAE STYLE)
          Cm            Bb         Fm        Ab
This man, he had a problem with excess noise
            Cm            Bb              Fm            Ab
After dark, he put his finger to his lips and the sound was sharp
 
(CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
 
Cm Bb
 
(CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - BACK TO UPSTROKING/REGGAE STYLE)
      Fm            Ab
The apparition bluntly remarked
     Cm                      Bb             Fm Ab
Soon the hair stood straight up off my arms
     Cm       Bb    Fm               Ab
I felt so strange, slightly deranged
              Cm                   Bb
Saw the ghost of a man that killed himself
          Fm                 Ab
With a bullet at close range
              Cm               Bb
But in the afterlife, he still complained
                Fm                 Ab
'Bout the noise in the hall, he never changed
            Cm                    Bb           Fm Ab
Looking back, I wish I could remember his name
 
[Chorus] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - THREE DOWNSTROKES (LISTEN TO THE SONG TO LEARN TIMING))
       Cm                 Bb
Then I ran all the way to my room
        Fm                Ab
Like an embryo inside the womb
         Cm                         Bb
Stuck my head under the covers like a loon
        Fm                        Ab
Soon my head was light like a balloon, yeah
         Cm                 Bb
I said I ran all the way to my room
        Fm                Ab
Like an embryo inside the womb
         Cm                         Bb
Stuck my head under the covers like a loon
 
(CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
 
        Fm
Soon my head was light like a balloon
 
 
[Bridge] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - SINGLE DOWNSTROKE PER CHORD)
G
   I saw the ghost of a man
Cm
   I was in a foreign land
Ab
   Straight to my bed I ran
Bb
   Look up at the ceiling fan
G
   When my friends saw my face
Cm
   Sweat dripping like I just won the race
Ab                           Bb
   This memory I can’t erase
N.C.
   (ONE! TWO!)
 
[Outro] (CHANGE STRUMMING PATTERN - BACK TO UPSTROKING/REGGAE STYLE)
 
Cm Bb Fm Ab (x2)
 
            Cm         Bb        Fm          Ab
I said he’s here (yeah), then he disappeared
            Cm         Bb        Fm          Ab
I said he’s here (yeah), then he disappeared
            Cm         Bb        Fm          Ab
I said he’s here (yeah), then he disappeared
                  Cm Bb Fm Ab
I said he’s here…
 
After you play the final progression, an arpeggiated version of the progession finishes off the song. It
sounds something like this:
 
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-------------------------5---------|
D|-----5-------8-----3-----6-----5-------8---|
A|---3-------8-----3-----6-----3-------8-----|
E|---------6-----1-----4-------------6-------|
 
After that, strum F a few times and that's it!
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