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YES, I HAVE GHOSTS
As recorded by David Gilmour with Romany Gilmour
(From the 2020 Audiobook A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS)
[Intro]
Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab Ebm
The heat of the sun stayed on through the night
Gb Fm Ab
Made spectres of strangers playing games with my sight
Ebm
I passed through the station, a face in the crowd
Gb Fm
The whistle was blowing, the barrier came down
Ab Bbm Ebm
There was my baby, in another's embrace
Gb Db
I called out her name in shame and disgrace
[Refrain]
Gb Ab Gb
Yes, I have ghosts, not all of them dead
Bbm Ab Gb Fm
Making dust of my dreams, spinning round and around
Ebm
Around in my head
[Verse 2]
Ab Ebm
Train on the tracks, teeth of the zip
Gb Fm
The slider moves down, we were joined at the hip
Ab Ebm
Stealing the groove, the widening gap
Gb Db
Unfastening rails from a past with no map
[Refrain]
Gb Ab Gb
Yes, I have ghosts, a fleeting sight
Bbm Ab Gb Fm
It's always the living that are haunting my nights
[Interlude]
Ebm Bbm Ab Gb
Bbm Ab Gb Fm Ebm
[Verse 4]
Ab Ebm
Where is the sweet soul that you used to be
Gb Fm
Gone like a thistle that's blown on the breeze
Ab Ebm
I guess when it's over, this haunting will end
Gb Db
The waiting, the baiting, my killer, my friend
[Refrain]
Gb Ab Gb
Yes, I have ghosts, not all of them dead
Bbm Ab Gb Fm
And they dance by the moon, millstones white as the sheet
Ebm
On my bed
[Outro]
Ebm Bbm Ab Gb Bbm
Ab Gb Fm Ebm
Ab Ebm Gb Db Bbm
Ab Gb Bbm Ab Gb
Fm Ebm Ab Ebm Gb
Db Ab Ebm Gb Db