Bruce Springsteen – Ghosts Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Bruce Springsteen – Ghosts Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsCFFmaj7Csus2G

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[Verse 1]
                         
I hear the sound of your 
   C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
guitar
C                         
Comin' in from the mystic 
    C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
far
C                            
Stone and the gravel in your 
      C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
voice
C                       
Come in my dreams and I 
         C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
rejoice

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[Pre-Chorus]
            F
It's your ghost
 G                  F
Moving through the night
  G                 C    F  C  F
Spirit filled with light
   F     G              F
I need, need you by my side
      G
Your love and I'm

[Chorus]
  C           F            
Alive, I can feel the blood
        G
 shiver in my bones
       G
I'm alive and I'm out here

 on my own
      F                   G
I'm alive and I'm coming home

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[Verse 2]
C                              
Old buckskin jacket you always
     C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 wore
C                              
Hangs on the back of my bedroom
      C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 door
C                               
Boots and the spurs you used to
     C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 ride
C                            
Click down the hall but never
 C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 arrive


[Pre-Chorus]
                 F
It's just your ghost
 G                  F
Moving through the night
  F                 C    F  C  F
Spirit filled with light
   F     G              F
I need, need you by my side
      G
Your love and I'm

[Chorus]
  C           F            
Alive, I can feel the blood
        G
 shiver in my bones
      C           F        
I'm alive and I'm out here
      G
 on my own
      F                   G
I'm alive and I'm coming home

[Verse 3]
C                            
Old Fender Twin from Johnny's
                C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 Music downtown
C                                 
Still set on 10 to burn this house
      C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 down
C                               
Count the band in then kick into
           C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 overdrive
By the end of the set we leave
 no one alive

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[Pre-Chorus]
  F     G                   F
Ghosts runnin' through the night
      G                 
Our spirits filled with 
 C    F  C  F
light
   F     G              F
I need, need you by my side
      G             C  
Your love and I'm alive
  F  Fmaj7  Csus2

[Piano Break]
|C  F |F Fmaj7 Csus2 |

[Verse 4]
    C           F                  
I shoulder your Les Paul and finger
  Fmaj7  Csus2    C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 the   fretboard
   C      F               Fmaj7 
I make my vows to those who've  
 Csus2      C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 come before
   C           F              
I turn up the volume, let the 
    Fmaj7  Csus2      C  F
      Fmaj7  Csus2
spirits    be my guide
           C          F       
Meet you brother and sister on
  Fmaj7  Csus2      C  F  Fmaj7  Csus2
 the     other side

[Chorus]
  C           F            
Alive, I can feel the blood
        G
 shiver in my bones
      C           F       
I'm alive and I'm out here
       G
 on my own
      F                   G
I'm alive and I'm coming home
                 C
Yeah I'm coming home

[Outro]
One, two, one two three four
|C  F |F Fmaj7 Csus2 | 8x
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F          
Na na na na     na na
  Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na 
 Fmaj7  Csus2
na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na
C        F           
Na na na na     na na
 Fmaj7  Csus2
 na     na na

How to play Ghosts: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Ghosts by Bruce Springsteen on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Ghosts by Bruce Springsteen keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 5 chords: C, F, Fmaj7, Csus2 and G.

Listen for C – F – Fmaj7 – Csus2 (I – IV – IVmaj7 – Isus2 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, D, Dmaj7, Asus2, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Fmaj7 chord on guitar (xx3210)
Fmaj7F A C E
Csus2 chord on guitar (x35533)
Csus2C D G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

Ghosts chords: questions

What key is Ghosts in?

Ghosts by Bruce Springsteen is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Ghosts?

Ghosts uses 5 chords: C, F, Fmaj7, Csus2, G.

What is the chord progression of Ghosts?

The main progression is C – F – Fmaj7 – Csus2 (I – IV – IVmaj7 – Isus2).

Is Ghosts easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, D, Dmaj7, Asus2, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

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