[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 1] [A] You could never know what it's [D/A] like. Your blo [E/A] od like winter freezes [A] just like ice. And there's a [Bm7/A-557777] cold lonely light that [D/A-557775] shines from you. [E] You'll [F#m] wind up like the wreck you [D] hide behind that [A] mask [Bm/A-5xx777] you [A] use. [A] And did you think this fool could [D/A] never win? Well [E/A] look at me, I'm coming [A] back again. I got a [Bm7/A] taste of love in a [D/A] simple [E] way. And if you [F#m] need to know while I'm still [D] standing you just [A] fade [Bm7/A] a [A] way.
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Verse 2] [A] Once I never could hope to [D/A] win. You [E/A] starting down the road leaving [A] me again. The [Bm7/A] threats you made were meant to [D/A] cut me [E] down. And if our [F#m] love was just a [D] circus you'd be a [A] clown [Bm7/A] by now [A]
[Chorus] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! [F/E-0-x-10-10-10-x][G/E-0-x-12-12-12-x]
[Chorus/Outro] Don't you know [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing better than I [Em/G] ever did. Looking like a [Dm7] true survivor, feeling like a [Fmaj7] little kid. [G] [Am7] I'm still [Am] standing after [Em/G] all this time. Picking up the [Dm7] pieces of my life without you [E7] on my mind. I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah! I'm still [Am] standing. [Dm7] Yeah [Dm7] Yeah ye [E7] Yeah!
