Ghosts Of Overdoses by Damien Dempsey, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Ghosts Of Overdoses

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Damien Dempsey (born 1975 in Donaghmede, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society. He sings in English, and to a lesser extent in Irish.

Dempsey's earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing.

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Tune high and low E strings down to D
The intro has two guitars, one playing chords, and another
following this guitar on the high E string (Tuned to D)
Gtr 2 intro
D|-5------4------2------0----|-5------4------0------0----|
B|-0------0------0------0----|-x------x------x------x----|
G|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
D|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
A|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
D|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
x2 x1
Played Over Intro Of:
Gtr 1 INTRO CHORDS
G F# Em (Em) G F# Em Bm
Let Ring
D|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----
B|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
G|-x------x------x------x----|-x------x------x------x----|
D|-5------4------2-----(2)---|-5------4------2------9----|
A|-5------4------2-----(2)---|-5------4------2------9----|
D|-5------4------2-----(2)---|-5------4------2------9----|
x2
Both can be played together by adding your little finger to the high E
string.
Verse Chords
D Em F# G A E(II) F#(II)
Slide up to these chords
D|-0------0------x------0------0-----|-0------0------|
B|-3------0------x------1------5-----|-5------7------|
G|-2------0------x------0------0-----|-4------6------|
D|-0------2------4------5------7-----|-0------2------|
A|-0------2------4------5------7-----|-0------2------|
D|-0------2------4------5------7-----|-0------2------|
D
Famine days, drove us here, off the land,
Em F# G
They tried to clear, Now they drive you
A D (E(II) F#(II) First Time)
From The cities, to make way for all the yuppies
D
They stood back, and didn't act,
Em
Those in power, should have been sacked,
F# G A D
Decimate the inner cities, move them out, bring in the wealthy.
Chorus Chords
B A G F# Em Em/D
D|-x------0------0------0------2------0----|
B|-x------5------0------0------0------0----|
G|-x------0------0------0------0------0----|
D|-9------7------5------4------0------0----|
A|-9------7------5------4------2------2----|
D|-9------7------5------4------2------2----|
B A
Hey little baby, I wanna take you from here
G F# Em Em/D
I wanna take you away from here
B A
Hey little baby, dont wanna see you on the gear
G F# Em Em/D
Cos it's so hard to find your find your back
B A
Hey little baby, it's every parents worst fear,
G F# Em Em
For their child to end up on smack.
Verse II as verse I
Chorus II as chorus I
Instrumental
(3:00)
Similar to intro with second guitar
G F# Em EM/D
G F# Em B
B A G F# Em Em/D X3
You lie, I cry, Please don't go
G F# Em EM/D
G F# Em B
(4:02)
D
Now I walk, along these streets,
Em
All the ghosts, they walk their beats
F# G
Up to flats and into stairwells,
A D Em
Where they lie, in heroin hell
F# G
Little kids, they walk right through them,
A D
I just hope they don't become them.