Ghost Bass

by Neutral Milk Hotel
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author ronaldmcdaddy9 [a] 159.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 14, 2023
What I think is the bass comes in at around 7 seconds in.
You're gonna want to play this with a lot of distortion.
Listen to the song for the exact timing.
 
[Intro]
 
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-0----------------0--------|
 
[Verse 1]
 
"Ghost, Ghost, I know you live within me, feel as you fly."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------|
 
"Love with all that was left withing me, 'til we tore in two."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
"Now wings and rings and there's so many, waiting here for you."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------2-------0-----------------------------|
E|-0--------------0------------------------------------0--------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
 
"And she was born in a bottle rocket in 1929."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------|
 
"All drenched in milk and holy water, pouring from the sky"
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
"I know that she will live forever, she won't ever die."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
"And she goes, and now she knows she'll never be afraid."
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2----------------------|
E|------------------------------------0---|
 
"To watch the morning paper blow into a hole where no one can escape."
 
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2------------------0---|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
"Dee dee dee dee dee dee."
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------0----------------------|
 
[Interlude]
 
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------0---------------------|
E|-----------------0----------------------------------0---|
 
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------0--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------0----------------------|
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
"And one day in new york city, baby, a girl fell from the sky."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0-------------------0--------------------0----------------|
 
"And when her spirit left her body, how it split the sun."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
"I know that she will live forever, what goes on and on and on and."
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
"And she goes, and now she knows she'll never be afraid."
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2----------------------|
E|------------------------------------0---|
 
"To watch the morning paper blow into a hole where no one can escape."
 
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------2------------------0---|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
"Dee dee dee dee dee dee."
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0--------------|
 
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH."
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-0---------------2------------------0---|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------9------------------------9-7-6----|
A|-7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9--7-11-9----7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9-7----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9--7-11-9\14---------------------------9-7-6---------------9-11---------|
A|------------------------------------7-11-9-12-11-9-11-9-7-------9h11--7-6-6-7--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
 
(Just repeat the open E until the song ends)
 
 
 
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| \  Slide down
| h  Hammer-on
 
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