Ghost Tab

by Ella Henderson
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author sepultura71 [a] 909. Last edit on Dec 31, 2014
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                             GHOST - Ella Henderson
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Tabbed by: Titch
 
Tuning: EADGBe
 
This is half tab, half chord sheet - I will try to make the few licks between chords make sense.
 
 
INTRO (Vocals) This can be played any time this is sung.
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2~--2-4-2---2-4---2----------2-2~--2-4-2---2-4---2-----------------|
D|--------------4-----4----------4-------------4-----4-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-2~----------------------------3-2~--------------2----------------|
G|----2-2~--2-4-2-2-4-4-2-1-----------2-2~--2-4-4-2-4-4-----2------------|
D|--4-----------------------4-------4---------------------5--------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
INTRO (chords / arpeggios)
 
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m             E
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
 
 
 
       (D)       (A)      (F#m)      (E)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------2------------------------------|
G|----2---------2---2-----------------1----------|
D|--0---------2-------------4-------2---2--------|
A|----------0-------------4-------2--------------|
E|----------------------2-------0----------------| x4
 
 
                       OR
e|---------------------|-------------------------| This is played just before the verse starts
B|--7-7---7-7---7-7----|-------------------------| Play with echo
G|---------------------|--11-11--11-11--11-11----|
D|--4-4---4-4---4-4----|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|---9--9---9--9---9--9----|
E|---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
 
VERSE (chords and tab)
 
                   F#m
My friends had you figured out
                     (F#m)
Yeah, they saw what's inside of you
                 D
You tried hiding another you
                  B
But your evil was coming through
                   F#m
These eyes sitting on the wall
                 (F#m)
They watch every move I make
                    D
Bright light living in the shade
                         B
Your cold heart makes my spirit shake
 
 
e|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx--------2--2-2--------------------|
B|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx---3-3--3---xxxxx--------4--4-4--------------------|
G|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx---2-2--2---xxxxx---4-4--4--4-4---4b6r4-p2---------|
D|--4-4------xxxxx---4-4------xxxxx---0-0------xxxxx---4-4--------------------4p2-----|
A|--4-4------xxxxx---4-4------xxxxx------------xxxxx---2-2----------------------------|
E|--2-2------xxxxx---2-2------xxxxx------------xxxxx----------------------------------|x2
 
 
 
PRE-CHORUS
 
A          Bm                           F#m
  I had to go through hell to prove I'm not insane
           D                   (D)
Had to meet the devil just to know his name
                      E
And that's when my love was burning
         (E)
Yeah, it's still burning
 
 
 
CHORUS (Hit chords with distortion, pick arpeggios cleans like the intro)
 
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m             E
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
 
 
Second time around, this plays through out
 
e|--xx--5-5--xx---| up and down strokes with mutes on the bottom half of an A chord
B|--xx--5-5--xx---| Sounds good with a bit of Wah pedal
G|--xx--6-6--xx---|
D|--xx--7-7--xx---|
A|----------------| Alternatively, play the vocals over the top.
E|----------------|
 
 
PRE-VERSE THING
 
                       OR
e|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|--7-7---7-7---7-7----|-------------------------|
G|---------------------|--11-11--11-11--11-11----|
D|--4-4---4-4---4-4----|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|---9--9---9--9---9--9----|
E|---------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
VERSE (Chords and tab)
 
                  F#m
Each time that I think you go
                        (F#m)
I turn around and you're creeping in
                 D
And I let you under my skin
                     B
'Cause I love living innocent
              F#m
Boy you never told me
             (F#m)
True love was going to hurt
                 D
True pain that I don't deserve
                B
Truth is that I never learn
 
 
e|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx--------2--2-2--------------------|
B|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx---3-3--3---xxxxx--------4--4-4--------------------|
G|-------2---xxxxx--------2---xxxxx---2-2--2---xxxxx---4-4--4--4-4---4b6r4-p2---------|
D|--4-4------xxxxx---4-4------xxxxx---0-0------xxxxx---4-4--------------------4p2-----|
A|--4-4------xxxxx---4-4------xxxxx------------xxxxx---2-2----------------------------|
E|--2-2------xxxxx---2-2------xxxxx------------xxxxx----------------------------------|x2
 
 
CHORUS (x2)
 
 
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m             E
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
 
 
 
BRIDGE (Clean with a little echo)
 
D                  A
 Give up the ghost
                  F#m
Give up the ghost
                  E
Give up the ghost
                       D
Stop the haunting baby
                  A
Give up the ghost
                  F#m
Give up the ghost
                  E
Give up the ghost
                     D
No more haunting baby
 
 
I keep going to the river
 
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---14-14~--14b16r14----14-h16~~------|
D|--------------------16---------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
 
 
 
OUTRO CHORUS
 
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m             E
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
D  A    F#m           E           D
 I keep going to the river to pray
         A    F#m                E                D
'Cause I need something that can wash all the pain
       A         F#m                 E         D
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
         A          F#m             E
But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake.
 
 
  High Vocals
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14-14~--14-16-14----14-16----14-------14-14~--14-16-14----14-16----14----|
D|-------------------16-------16-------16------------------16-------16-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----15-14~-----------------------------------15-14~--------------------14-------|
G|-----14-14~--14-16-14-14-16-16-14-13--------~-14-14~--14-16-16-14-16-16------14--|
D|--16---------------------------------16----16-----------------------------17-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 
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