Jim O'Rourke

Ghost Ship In A Storm

Jim O'Rourke


Tom: Am

D Dm
D Bm F#m G Bm A#
D

[Verse]
Am                        D
Nothing makes me want to disappear
                     G
As when someone opens their mouth

Am D G
(humming)

Am
It's just my luck
                D
I get hit by a car
               G
While carrying a cake

Am
Dripping cherries
                 D
Onto the pavement
                 G
Bride and groom on my face

[Chorus]
E                    Am                D
I'm not there like a ghost ship in a storm

[Verse]
Am D G
(vocalising)

Am
It only figures
                  D
That I'd ride my bike
          G
Into wet cement

Am
And as I'm sinkin'
                        D
The last thing that I think
                 G
Is did I pay my rent

[Chorus]
E                      Am               D
I ride through like a ghost ship in a storm

[Instrumental]
Dm G# F F
Dm G# F F Em Em
Bm D G G
Bm D G

Bm G (repeat)

Piano then continues to fade playing something along the lines of Bm Em G A. Em could be an E I'm not sure.
Either way try playing an F# on the low (thick) E string between the Em & G to get a little closer.

The riff played by the piano/bass at the end of each verse (i.e. on the G) is something like this:

D|-----0---|
A|---2---2-|
E|-3-------|