The Ghost That Haunts Me

Intro:   |     |     /   |      |    /   /   || verse 1: There’s a skeleton in every body’s closet I can think of one or two in   my own room   But       I   would like to intro - duce them both to you Shake their bony hands and so dispel the gloom Cause your so kind I know you would not mind                                       - You’d send away the ghosts that haunt me now And the things I fear Just wouldn’t seem so near And when I stroll out late at night                                  / / / | / / /   | There would be nothin’ rattlin’ at my heels                                 2nd:x   / / / | / /    | ||:      |      :|| verse 2: There are nights when all my aching bones won’t  let  me sleep And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed   But I know if you were sleeping there be - side me then That you would fend them off and they would let me rest Bridge: There are nights When the wind comes howling through my old place    I have dreams And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face            |                      ||:       |      :|| And I wait.........         Till the morning comes ? Solo: |    |       / |      |    /   /   | |    |       / |      |    /   /  / |           |       |       |             | -     | |       |       |             | -         | / / / | / / | verse 3: There will come a time I fear when all my days are done And they will come collect my corpse and bury me      But  I   hope that you’ll come over   to the Other Side Join me in our new life keep me company Cause your so kind I know you would not mind                                       - You’d send away the ghosts that haunt me now And the things I fear Just wouldn’t seem so near And when I stroll out late at night                                  / / / | /   /  |    ||   There would be nothin’ rattlin’ at my heels