Biography:
Matt the Electrician is the stage name of Matt Sever, an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas.
Born in San Francisco, Sever's family soon moved to Oregon. Once there, Sever spent much of his youth obsessed with Woody Guthrie, The Hollies and the soundtrack to Godspell.
Sever's family moved back to California in the early eighties; and while the trumpet was eventually discarded, the expensive private lessons were not a complete waste, as it was here that Sever met and fell in love with the guitar.
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# Ghost Story
# by Matt the Electrician
# from Accidental Thief (2011)
# Use capo 2 to match recording and live versions
[Intro/riff] x2
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 1]
G
You’ve been running up and down these halls
C D G
Don’t you wear it down
G
You should know that we all know that
C D G
you’re still hanging around
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 2]
G
Howling, moaning, clattering chains,
C D G
making such a mess
G
Stop scaring all the pretty girls and
C D G
being such a pest
[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
You ought to know
G
You got to go
Am
Don’t pretend
G Dm C D
It’s not the end of the line
[Chorus]
N.C C
Don’t tell me a ghost story
G
‘Cause I’m so tired
C
Don’t wanna be haunted
G
Wanna be inspired
C
Yeah, I wanna believe there’s something
G D G
more to look forward to
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 3]
G
You keep showing up in all my dreams and
C D G
playing all the parts
G
I keep opening all of the windows and
C D G
hoping you’ll depart
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 4]
G
Every night is every night and
C D G
sometimes so are the days
G
It’s a shame that you’re already dead ‘cause I’m
C D G
digging you a grave
[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
You ought to know
G
You got to go
Am
Don’t pretend
G Dm C D
It’s not the end of the line
[Chorus]
N.C C
Don’t tell me a ghost story
G
‘Cause I’m so tired
C
Don’t wanna be haunted
G
Wanna be inspired
C
Yeah, I wanna believe there’s something
G D G
more to look forward to
[Outro]
C D G
And I’m not scared of you.
# by Matt the Electrician
# from Accidental Thief (2011)
# Use capo 2 to match recording and live versions
[Intro/riff] x2
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 1]
G
You’ve been running up and down these halls
C D G
Don’t you wear it down
G
You should know that we all know that
C D G
you’re still hanging around
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 2]
G
Howling, moaning, clattering chains,
C D G
making such a mess
G
Stop scaring all the pretty girls and
C D G
being such a pest
[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
You ought to know
G
You got to go
Am
Don’t pretend
G Dm C D
It’s not the end of the line
[Chorus]
N.C C
Don’t tell me a ghost story
G
‘Cause I’m so tired
C
Don’t wanna be haunted
G
Wanna be inspired
C
Yeah, I wanna believe there’s something
G D G
more to look forward to
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 3]
G
You keep showing up in all my dreams and
C D G
playing all the parts
G
I keep opening all of the windows and
C D G
hoping you’ll depart
[Interlude]
|G - - -|C - D -|G - - -|
[Verse 4]
G
Every night is every night and
C D G
sometimes so are the days
G
It’s a shame that you’re already dead ‘cause I’m
C D G
digging you a grave
[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
You ought to know
G
You got to go
Am
Don’t pretend
G Dm C D
It’s not the end of the line
[Chorus]
N.C C
Don’t tell me a ghost story
G
‘Cause I’m so tired
C
Don’t wanna be haunted
G
Wanna be inspired
C
Yeah, I wanna believe there’s something
G D G
more to look forward to
[Outro]
C D G
And I’m not scared of you.
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