Ghosts (hidden track located at 2:50 of track 12)
Ellis Paul

Ellis Paul
Carnival of Voices
1996
When I saw Ellis in October '98 at the Night Eagle Cafe in Oxford, NY,
I asked him to play this.  He said that he didn't remmeber how it went
so he couldn't play it during the show, but if I hung around afterwards
he's do it.  So obviously I hung around.  And he played it.  For me and
about 3 other people.  We had to get him started with the lyrics (e.g.
he thought the first line was "I see ghosts all around me" which wouldn't
have helped the rhyming later) but once we did that he was fantastic.
For some reason I really really like this song, perhaps because it shows
off his incredible wit and clarity of vision as a songwriter.

PS Ellis is in standard tuning!

Lyrics
Chords


Capo 5th INTRO: Am D/F# G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----0-----------|-----2-----------|-----3-----------|---------------------| B:-----1-----0---3-|-----3-----1-0---|-----0---------0-|---------------------| G:-2---2-------2---|-----2---------0-|-----0---------0-|---------------------| D:-2---------------|-----0-----------|-----0---------0-|---------------------| A:-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2h3---------2h3p2p0-| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-----x---x-----------| Am D/F# D7 G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|----^2-----2-----|-----3-----------|---------------------| B:-0h1---1-1p0-1-3-|----^3-----1-----|-----0-----------|---------------------| G:-0h2-x-2-2---2-2-|----^2-----2-2-2-|-----0-----------|---------------------| D:-0h2-x-2-2---2---|----^0-----0-0-0-|-----0-----------|---------------------| A:-0-------0---0---|-----------------|-------------2h3-|-2-----------2h3p2p0-| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-3-------x-x-----|-----x---3-----------|
The verse is similar to the intro at first, with one change near the end. Ellis plays a few different rhythms here, so ad lib a bit: all around me I see ghosts Am D/F# D7 G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----2---2-2-----|---------3-------|---------------------| B:-0h1-1-1-1p0-1-1-|-----3---3-1-----|---------0---0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------| G:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------| D:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----0-------0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------| A:-0-------0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-2h3---------2h3p2p0-| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|---------------------| hanging out on balconies mostly Am D/F# D7 G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----2---2-2-----|---------3-------|---------------------| B:-0h1-1-1-1p0-1-1-|-----3---3-1-----|---------0---0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------| G:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0---------| D:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----0-------0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------| A:-0-------0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-2h3---------2h3p2p0-| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|---------------------| laughin'...mortals... the brunt...inside joke Am D/F# D7 G G/F# Em7 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----2---2-2-----|-^3---------------|------------0-0-0-|-----------0-0-0-| B:-0h1-1-1-1p0-1-1-|-----3---3-1-----|-^0---------------|------------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-| G:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-^0------^0-------|-^0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-------0-0-0-0-| D:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----0-------0-0-|-^0------^0-------|-^2-------2-2-----|-2-------2-2-----| A:-0-------0---0---|-----------------|-^2------^0-------|-^2-------2-------|-2-------2-------| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-^3------^2-------|-^0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| sweet revenge...touch friends and family Am D/F# D7 G (to chorus...) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----2---2-2-----|---------3-------|-----------------| B:-0h1-1-1-1p0-1-1-|-----3---3-1-----|---------0---0-0-|-----------------| G:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0---| D:-0h2-2-2-2---2-2-|-----0-------0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0---| A:-0-------0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-2h3---3-3-3-2---| E:-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
The chorus is mostly strummed chords. This part is the middle part or the chorus...: know all...come and what is done F E Am/E D/F# G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-1-------1-----1-|---0---0-0-------|----------------|-------3-----------| B:-1-------1-----1-|---0---0-0-------|----------------|-------0-----------| G:-2-------2-----2-|-1-1---1-1-------|-2--------------|-------0-----------| D:-3-------3-----3-|-2-2---2-2-------|-2---2-2-0-----0|-------0-----------| A:-3-------3-----3-|-2---------------|-0---0-0-0-----0|---------2h3-2h3p2-| E:-1-------1-----1-|-0---------------|-0---0-0-0h2---2|h3-----------------| ...and this is the end of the chorus: come Am/E D/F# G (to verse...) + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| G:-2---------------|-----------------|-----------0---------| D:-2-------0-------|-0---------------|-----------0---------| A:-0-----0-0-------|-2-------2h3-----|-------------2h3p2p0-| E:---------2-----2-|-3-------------x-|-x-------3-----------|
This is the ending: not... why they...come Am/E D/F# G + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e:-----------------|-----------------|--------^3-------|-----------------| B:-----------------|-----------------|--------^0-------|-----------------| G:-2-----2---------|-----------------|--------^0-------|-----------------| D:-2-----2---------|-----------------|--------^0-------|-----------------| A:-0-----0---------|---------2h3---3-|-2---------------|-----------------| E:---------2-----2-|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
LYRICS:
play intro All around me I see ghosts Hanging out on balconies mostly Laughin' at the mortals like we're the brunt of an inside joke Sweet revenge that we can touch friends and family I see ghosts all around me Crash rock concerts and the symphony Dress in ebony like wayward funeral clothes Gentle faces share their empathy
CHORUS F E They don't speak to me F E It's like they see straight through me F E Am/E D/F# G (see chorus tab) Oh they know all that's to come and what is gone F E F E And what frightens me is not their fearsome company F E It is the future that's prescribed to me Am/E D/F# G (see chorus tab) So I will not ask them why they have come
Margaret Putnam was a nurse In the Civil War she served her country She walks in through my walls like an actress well-rehearsed She'd be more frightening if she were less lovely
CHORUS But she won't speak to me It's like she sees straight through me Oh she knows all that's to come and what is gone And what frightens me is not her fearsome company It is the future that's prescribed to me I will not ask her why she has come
I see ghosts all around me They sleep through lectures in theology They don't make apologies for the secrets that they know Like to appear on Unsolved Mysteries
CHORUS But they don't speak to me It's like they see straight through me Oh they know all that's to come and what is gone And what frightens me is not their fearsome company It is the future that's prescribed to me So I will not ask them why they have come play ending

CHORDS:
Am/E 002210 D/F# 200232 (thumb on 6th string) To learn why these chords are named this way, check out
Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.

Created on 11-7-99 by Daniel E. Smith.