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*Released 1981*
Intro:
Cdim C#dim Ddim D#dim Edim Fdim
Cm G7/b9 (x2), Cm D G7/b9, Csus2 G
Cm G7/b9 (x2), Bbm6 Bbm, E
verse 1:
Cm G7/b9 Cm G7/b9
This town, is coming like a ghost town.
Cm G7/b9 Cm G7/b9
All the clubs are being closed down.
Cm G7/b9 Cm G7/b9
This place, is coming like a ghost town.
Bbm6 Bbm E
Bands won't play no more; too much fighting on the dance floor.
Interlude:
Cm Cmaj7 Cm7 Cm6
La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
Bdim7 Bb7 Cm G7/9+
La la... la la la la la la, la.
Cm Cmaj7 Cm7 Cm6
La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
Bdim7 Bb7 Cm G7/b9
La la... la la la la la la, la.
Break:
Cdim C#dim Ddim D#dim Edim Fdim
Bridge 1:
F#/C# C# F#/C# C# F#
Do you re-member the good old days before the ghost town?
F#/C# C# F#/C# C# F# G7
We danced and sang as the music played in our dear boom town.
Interlude:
Cm G7/b9 (x2), Cm D G7/b9, Csus2 G
Cm G7/b9 (x2), Bbm6 Bbm, E
verse 2:
Cm G7/b9 Cm
This town, is coming like a ghost town.
G7/b9 Cm D G7/b9
Why must the youth fight against them-selves?
Csus2 G
Government leaving the youth on the shelf.
Cm G7/b9 Cm
This place, is coming like a ghost town.
G7/b9
No job to be found in this country.
Bbm6 Bbm E
Can't go on no more; the people getting angry.
Interlude:
Cm Cmaj7 Cm7 Cm6
La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
Bdim7 Bb7 Cm G7/9+
La la... la la la la la la, la.
Cm Cmaj7 Cm7 Cm6
La... la la la la... la la la, la la la la la la la la la.
Bdim7 Bb7 Cm G7/b9
La la... la la la la la la, la.
Coda:
Cm G7/b9 Cm
This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm G7/b9 Cm
This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm G7/b9 Cm
This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Cm (n.C)
This town... is comin' like a ghost town.
Written by Jerry Dammers