ROCK ‘N’ ROLL GHOST

Artist of the Week (3-1-93)

The Replacements

Intro

C [///]/// [Am///]Am/// 😐
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Well you know[///][//]

And you go[///][///]

When I’m alone I have no cause

To think about the sht we used to know[//]

That made us know[//]

Well you came[//]

And you stayed[///]

No one here to raise a toast

Be my guest and I will be your host

To a rock ‘n’ roll ghost

To a rock ‘n’ roll ghost

Well you said

That he’s better off dead

You think that I’m a fool out of work

But I was much too young

And much too cool for words

Look at me now

No one here to raise a toast

Take me by the hand, man, raise a toast

Rock ‘n’ roll ghost

To a rock ‘n’ roll ghost

We don’t know life until we’re gone

There’s no one here to raise a toast

I look into the mirror and I see

A rock ‘n’ roll ghost

A rock ‘n’ roll ghost

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Talent Show — The Replacements

This is the opening bit on the acoustic. Pretty easy, just bar the
open A chord so that you can bounce up and down on the second fret for
the F# note and have your pinky ready to hit the G# note on the 4th
fret.

0---2---0------2---4---2---0---2-|
2---2---2------2---2---2---2---2-|
2---2---2------2---2---2---2---2-|
2---2---2------2---2---2---2---2-|
0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0-|
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This is repeated throughout the song where I have the A chord. The lead

line just does very minor variations on the 0-2-0-2-4-0-2 stuff

on the high E string.

In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes
Got an offer that you might refuse
Tonight, tonight, we’re gonna take a stab
Come on along, we’ll grab a cab

We ain’t much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We’re playin’ at the talent show
Playin’ at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin’ at the talent show
Check us out, here we go
Playin’ at the talent show

Well we got our guitars and we got some picks
An’ we’re goin’ after some lip-sync chicks
We’re feelin’ good from the pills we took
Oh, baby, don’t gimme that look

We ain’t much to look at so
Close your eyes, here we go
We’re playin’ at the talent show
Playin’ at the talent show
Come on along, here we go
Playin’ at the talent show
Hop a ride, here we go
Playin’ at the talent show

Well it’s the biggest thing in my life I guess
Look at us all, we’re nervous wrecks
Hey, we go on next

Playin’ at the talent show
Playin’ at the talent show
Wish us luck if you can’t go
Playin’ at the talent show
An empty seat in the front row
Might be winners now, you never know

It’s too late to turn back, here we go