[Intro - Easier version of G7b9 so lower G really rings - 3x3004 - not 353434 Start just drums - half time Bxxx SxxB Bxxx Sxxx]
Cdim then up 1 fret for each of next chords E ----------------------------------- B -4-5-6-7-8-9---------------------- G -5-6-7-8-9-10----------------------- D -4-5-6-7-8-9----------------------- A -3-4-5-6-7-8----------------------- E -----------------------------------
[Keyboard parts] [Bbm6][Bbm][Bsus2][E] E 3-----1--------------0----------------------------- B 2-------2-1----------0------00-9---------------------- G 0--------------------1----11---9-------------------- D 3--------------------2--22-----9-------------------- A 1--------------------2---------7------------------- E ---------------------0----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Place the first finger first on the G7 so can really make bass note ring] [Cm] This town, [G7b9-3x3004] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9] [Cm] All the clubs are [G7b9] being closed [Cm] down. [G7b9] [Cm] This place, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9]
(*think like Bm7 but don't barre at the first fret and add little finger at 3rd fret on high E) [Bbm6-x13023*] Bands [Bbm]won't [Bbm]play [Bsus2]no [E]more too much fighting on the dance floor.
[Interlude] [Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7-x35443] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6-8x7888] la. La [Bdim7-x2434x] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Break] Cdim C#dim Ddim D#dim Edim Fdim
[Bridge 1] [F#/C#] Do you re- [C#] member the [F#/C#] good old [C#] days before the [F#] ghost town? We [F#/C#] danced and [C#] sang as the [F#/C#] music [C#] played in our dear [F#] boom town. [G7]
[Interlude] Cm G7b9 (x2), Cm D G7b9 Csus2 G Cm G7b9 (x2), Bbm6 Bbm E
[Verse 2] [Cm] This town, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. Why must the [G7b9] youth fight against them- [Cm] selves? [D][G7b9] [Csus2] Government leaving the [G] youth on the shelf. [Cm] This place, [G7b9] is coming like a [Cm] ghost town. No job to be [G7b9] found in this country. [Bbm6]Can't [Bbm]go [Bbm]on [Bsus2]no [E] more; the people getting angry.
[Interlude] [Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7#9]
[Cm] La... la la la [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, [Cm7] la la la la la la la la [Cm6] la. La [Bdim7] la... [Bb7] la la la la la la, [Cm] la. [G7b9]
[Coda] [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a [Cm] ghost town. [Cm] This town... [N.C.] is comin' like a ghost town.
[Verse] [G] From father to [C] son, the blood runs thin [D] , ooohhh see the [A] faces frozen still [F] against the wind [F] [G] The seam is split [C] The coal-face cracked [G] The lines are long [C] There's no going back [G] Through hands of steel [C] And heart of stone [G] Our labour da [C] y Has come and [D] gone [D]
[Bridge] They [A] leave me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F/C] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to. [F]
[Verse] [G] The glass is cut [C] The bottle run dry [G] Our love runs cold [C] In the caverns of the night [G] We're wounded by fear [C] Injured in doubt [G] I can lose my [C] self You I can't live with [D] out [D]
[Bridge] Yeah, you [A] keep me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [F] On t [(G)] o
[Verse] [G] We scorch the earth [C] Set fire to the sky [G] And we stooped so low [C] To reach so high [G] A link is lost [C] The chain undone [G] We wait all day [C] For night to [D] come And it [Am] comes like a [F] hunter child [F]
[Chorus] [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] [G] Love [D] slowly stripped away [F] Love has [C] seen its better day [G] Hanging on [D] Lights go down on [F] Red Hill [C] Lights go down on Red [G] Hill [D] Lights go down on Red [F] Hill's Town [F] [F] Lights go down on Red [F(let] Hill T [ring)] own
