Bayside
The Ghost
Vacancy
2016 Hopeless Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: B, C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
Eb - x68886
Ebm - x68876
F#/Bb - x143xx
C# - x46644
G# - 466544
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
F - 133211
Fm - 133111
A - x02220
Chorus 1:
B
I will change
I will change
I swear just
E
tell me what to
B E
do Just tell me
B
who to be And I'll
C#
be who you want me
F# E
to Pretend I don't
Eb B
exist You won't know
Ebm G#m
I'm in the room I'll
C#m
be the ghost of
F# C#m
something That used
F# B Ebm G#m
to mean something to you
Verse 1:
E F# B
This beaten up heart
Is lost and confused
I wish that my younger
self was here He'd
E
know just what to
F# B
do Boy could he talk
E
Well he'd know just
F# G#m
what to say Moving
B F#
up is moving on
B F#
from where you came
Refrain 2:
G#m F#/Bb
Stop me if I'm
B C#m
boring you I'm
Ebm B G#m Eb
painfully aware
G#m
That you've got
F#/Bb B
better ways to
C#m Eb
waste your time
time time
Chorus 2:
B
I will change
I will change
I swear just
E
tell me what to
B E
do Just tell me
B
who to be And I'll
C#
be who you want me
F# E
to Pretend I don't
Eb B
exist You won't know
Ebm G#m
I'm in the room I'll
C#m
be the ghost of
F# C#m
something That used
F# B
to mean something to you
Verse 2:
F# B
Say this isn't real
Say this was a joke
Say there's still
space for me in bed
Cause I can't live
E F# B
alone Oh pitiful me
E F#
I'll do anything you
G#m
say I'd soon as
B F#
suffocate with you
B F#
than stay away
Refrain 2:
G#m F#/Bb
And I knew all
B C#m
this years ago
Ebm
But couldn't
B G#m
take the hint
Eb
You match my
G#m F#/Bb
overcompensation
C#m Eb
With your own
ambivalence
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Bridge:
G#m C#m
When I got the call
F# B
I was on the road
E
Three weeks in
C#m
Europe until I got
F# C#m
home So what would
F#
make you stay I'll
B
build a mountain
E
I'll change my name
I don't have to
A
breathe if all my
B G#
air gets in your way
Chorus 3: Modulate from B to C#
C#
I will change
I will change
I swear just
F#
tell me what to
C# F#
do Just tell me
C#
who to be And I'll
Eb
be who you want me
G# F#
to Pretend I don't
F C#
exist You won't know
Fm Bbm
I'm in the room I'll
F#
be the ghost of
G#
something That
Fm
used to mean
Bbm
something that
Ebm
should have meant
G# C#(hold)
something to you
