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A Prisoner of the Past - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
A Prisoner of the Past (1997)
(McAloon)
Radio Edit (3:52) from: "A Prisoner of the Past" [Maxi CD]
Full version (5:02) on "Andromeda Heights"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3
G 3-2-0-0-0-3
Bm7 x-2-4-2-3-2
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-3
D7sus4 x-x-0-2-1-3
Cmaj7/G 3-3-2-0-0-0
*C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
Gmaj7 3-x-4-4-3-x
D/G 3-x-0-2-3-2
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INTRO
| C/G | % | G | % |
| C/G | % | G | % |
VERSE
C/G G
I'm a ghost to you now, I'm someone you don't really wish to see
C/G G
I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on me
Bm7 Am7
Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook
Bm7 C/D D7sus4
Baby your turn to wear the haunted look
CHORUS
Cmaj7/G Gmaj7
This ghost is here to stay
*C/G
I survived the blast
Gmaj7
Get Ready, get ready to pay
D/G C/G
I'm taking you at last -
Am7 G
A prisoner of the past
INTERLUDE
| C/G | % | G | % |
| C/G | % | G | % |
VERSE
C/G G
Anywhere that you go, I'm going to be the welcome there for you
C/G G
Everywhere that you go - be certain that the table's set for two
Bm7 Am7
Maybe you'll learn - there's nowhere you can go
Bm7 C/D D7sus4
Baby you'll turn - as white, as white as snow
CHORUS
Cmaj7/G Gmaj7
This ghost is here to stay
*C/G
I survived the blast
Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to pay
D/G C/G
I'm taking you at last -
Am7 Cmaj7/G
A prisoner of the past
CHORUS
Gmaj7
This ghost is here to stay
*C/G
He survived the blast
Gmaj7
Get ready, get ready to say
D/G C/G
"I've found my niche at last -
Am7 G
A prisoner of the past"
OUTRO
| C/G | % | G | % |
| C/G | % | G | % |
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| C/G | % | G | % |
[guitar solo and fade]
