My Fathers Ghost

Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C He Was Sitting On The Stairway And My Heart Filled Up With Dread. Em C D Bm His Hands Were Clenched And His Clothes Were Drenched. I Knew That He Was Dead. C D Bm C And I Turned Away A Moment, And I Looked And He Was Gone. C D Bm C D Em And I Went And Awoke My Mother And Said, “mother Something’s Wrong. Somethings Wrong.” Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C “He Was Here Before a Moment.” Those Were The Words She Spoke. Em C D Bm “I Thought That I Was Dreaming, But It Was An Hour Ago I Woke. C D Bm C And I Swear I Heard Him Call My Name, And A Horrid Grinding Sound. C D Bm C D Em And I Fear My Dear He’s Lost His Way, His Ship Has Run Aground. He’s Run Aground.” Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C “Go In And Wake Your Brother, And Your Baby Sister Too. Em C D Bm Say Nothing Of What’s Occurred, But Say I’ve Things To Do. C D Bm C There’s A Shortwave Radio Up The Cove For Ship To Shore Distress. C D Bm C D Em Go Down Make Some Breakfast, I’ll Get Up And Get Dressed. Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C The Dawn Was Barely Breaking As She Headed Down The Path. Em C D Bm Where The Water Crashed Across The Rocks With All Its Rage And Wrath. C D Bm C But Her Heart Had Gone To Ashes And The Ice Chewed Through Her Bones. C D Bm C D Em And Her Footsteps Fell Like Granite As She Came Back Home Alone. Hmmmmmmmm. Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C She Stood Inside The Doorway And She Turned Towards The Cove. Em C D Bm She Took Down The Blessed Crucifix And She Burned It In The Stove. C D Bm C And We All Stood In The Kitchen, Like Travellers In The Rain, C D Bm C D Em Waiting On Some Platform To Board Some Lonely Train...train. Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C Oh, That Was Sixty Years Ago, My Mother’s In The Ground. Em C D Bm Brother, Sister Moved Away And Left Me The House And Land. C D Bm C And I Sell My Socks And Sweaters To The Tourists From Away. C D Bm C D Em There’s A Monthly Old Age Pension And It Keeps The Wolves At Bay. And I Count The Day. Em C D Bm C D Em Em C Em C And When The Night Comes Stealing In, He Drifts In On The Mist. Em C D Bm He Sits Quietly there In His Rocking Chair So He Won’t Disturb My Rest. C D Bm C And I Awake With Morning Light, He’s Gone To Sea Once More. C D Bm C I Go Downstairs And Light The Stove, Mop Salt Water From The Floor. C D Em I Mop Salt Water From The Floor.