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The Ghost of Tom Joad Guitar Tablature
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the ghost of tom joad
drop d (ebgdad)
mike strobel

for the intro just scratch your first 3 strings with harmonics and delay on


chorus
e-----------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------
a-------5---3---0---------------3-------0---3---
d---0---------------5---3---0-------5-----------

play this at the end of the chorus, let it ring
e-------
b-------
g-------
d---0---
a---0--- 
d---0---

verse
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D---5----------------------
A---5------3-------0---3---
D-------------5------------

e---8b------8---10---8---
b------------------------
g------------------------   <----- play this over the main riff
d------------------------          in all of the verses
a------------------------
d------------------------

play with wah, played over the main riff
in the second and third verses
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---5---0---3---0---5---3---0---3---3---5---3---5---
D---------------------------------------------------

bridge, have delay turned on and dont play the notes in ()
the delay will play them, and that last time you play this
dont play second part just let delay carry out the first part
e-----------------------------------
b-----------------------------------
g--10-(10)-(10)---------------------
d-----/-----------------------------
a----/---------------3-------0---3--
d---/--------------------5----------
 first part         second part

after the second and third chorus 
played with wah over and over again
e--------
B--------
G---8^---
D--------
A--------
D--------
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