-------------------------------------- Ghost of Your Father / New Model Army -------------------------------------- Verses: | Cm Bb | Gm Gm | Cm Bb | Gm F | | Cm Bb | Gm Gm | Cm Bb | Gm F | | Cm Bb | Cm Cm | Chorus: | Eb Eb | Cm Cm | | C# F | C# F | | C# Eb | F F | [Verse 1] Cm Bb It took fourteen hours to hitch from London to Portsmouth Gm Gm I can picture you in your battered old coat Cm Bb Blown by the trucks on the side of the road Gm F Cursing the world just until one pulls over Cm Bb The cab is warm, the driver is talking Gm Gm And oh if he had his time over and over again Cm Bb And you laugh with the man but you think of another Gm F Stealing away around each darkened corner Cm Bb Cm The ghost of your father always always watching [Chorus] Eb Cm And he waits for you when the black tide comes C# F And you feel the ghost of your father C# F And you feel the ghost of your father C# Eb F And you feel the ghost of your father... waiting [Verse 2] An unbearable stillness hangs over these days Humming with the promises broken The bewildered watch from behind misted-up glass As the ambitious and lucky get to feed on the carcass When you feel so much in such a small space Do you think you can keep on running Like the papers that blow down your empty street Outside in the dark when you can't sleep The ghost of your father always always watching [Chorus] And he waits for you when the black tide comes And you feel the ghost of your father And you feel the ghost of your father And you feel the ghost of your father... waiting