Ghost Story

Transcribed by Andreas Lehmann

a tempo=1/4 note - 120

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E5

I watch the western sky 

The sun is sinking 

The geese are flying south 

It sets me thinking 

I did not miss you much 

I did not suffer 

                 Amaj9/C#

What did not kill me 

                  E5

Just made me tougher 



I feel the winter come 

His icy sinews, 

Now in the firelight 

The case continues 



Another night in court 

The same old trial 

The same old questions asked 

The same denial 



The shadows closing round 

Like jury members 

I look for answers in 

The fire’s embers 



Why was I missing then 

That whole December? 

I give my usual line, 

I don’t remember 



        C#m7

Another winter comes 

                B/D#

His icy fingers creep 

                A

Into these bones of mine 

                 E

These memories never sleep 

    C#m       Bsus4

And all these differences 

  C#m     Bsus4

A cloak I borrow 

   C#m      A

We kept our distances 

    E5        A

Why should it follow that 

  B         E

I must have loved you? 



C#m7

What is a force that binds the stars? 

Emaj7/B

I wore this mask to hide my scars 

Amaj7

What is the power that moves the tide? 

Never could find a place to hide 



     C#m7

What moves the earth around the sun? 

Emaj7/B

What could I do but run and run and run? 

Amaj7

Afraid to love, afraid to fail 

           Amaj9

A mast without a sail 



                F#

The moon's a fingernail 

And slowly sinking 

           C#7

Another day begins 

                 D#m7

And now I'm thinking 



                  B

That this is indifference 

            C#

Was my invention 

               Bmaj7/D#

When everything I did 

                 C#7/E#

Sought your attention 



You were my compass star 

You were my measure 

You were a pirate's map 

Of buried treasure 



If this was all correct 

The last thing I'd expect 

The prosecution rests 

                 C#7

It's time that I confessed 

                 F#

I must have loved you 

                 F#

I must have loved you 

A            x02220
Amaj7        x02120
Amaj9        x02424
Amaj9/C#     x02424
B            x2444x
Bmaj7/D#     xx1302
Bsus4        x24400
B/D#         x6444x
C#7          x4342x
C#7/E#       14342x
C#m          x46654
C#m7         x46454
D#m7         x68676
E            022100
Emaj7/B      x22444
E5           0799xx 
F#           244322