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Ghosts Of Days Gone By

Alter Bridge

MetalMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
C×
Bm×
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G            D 
The misery I know 
       C                     G 
Like a friend that won't let go 
   G              D            G 
Is creeping up on me now once again 
 
     G                D 
So I sing this song tonight 
       C                   G 
To the ghost that will not die 
     G                D                 G 
That somehow seems to haunt me till the end 
 
       C  
Do you feel the same 
         Bm 
For what once remained 
      G                              D 
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again 
       C                D                   G 
Do you ever cry for the ghosts of days gone by 
 
    G             D 
I remember summer days 
        C           G 
We were young and unafraid 
     G              D                 G 
With innocence we'd glide beneath the stars 
 
   G             D 
It seems so long ago 
           C               G 
Beyond the life that I now know     
           G                      D                G  
Before the years would have their way and break my heart 
 
       C  
Do you feel the same 
         Bm 
For what once remained 
      G                              D 
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again 
       C                D                   G 
Do you ever cry for the ghosts of days gone by 
 
 
C                       G 
And I know it's drawing closer 
C                        G 
With each day I feel the end 
C                G 
I... don't wanna die 
            C                G 
Don't wanna die, don't wanna die 
              D 
I don't wanna die 
 
            C  
Do you feel the same 
         Bm 
For what once remained 
      G                              D 
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again 
       C                E 
Do you ever cry for the days gone by 
        G                                C 
Do they haunt you like a ghost until the end 
                   G              C 
Haunt you till the end, until the end 
          G  C           G   D  
Until the end, until the end  
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · C · Bm · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.