Prefab Sprout - A Prisoner of the Past

      

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 Tuning: Standard
 
 Prefab Sprout
 A Prisoner of the Past (1997)
 (McAloon)
 
 Radio Edit (3:52) from: "A Prisoner of the Past" (Maxi CD)
 Full version (5:02) on "Andromeda Heights"

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 CHORDS
 
 e-B-G-D-A-E
 C/G 3-1-0-2-x-3
 G 3-0-0-0-2-3
 Bm7 2-3-2-4-2-x
 Am7 3-1-0-2-0-x
 C/D 3-1-0-0-x-x
 D7sus4 3-1-2-0-x-x
 Cmaj7/G 0-0-0-2-3-3
 *C/G 0-1-0-2-x-3
 Gmaj7 x-3-4-4-x-3
 D/G 2-3-2-0-x-3

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 INTRO
 | C/G | % | G | % |
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       C/G                                                    G  
 I'm a ghost to you now, I'm someone you don't really wish to see
       C/G                                                      G 
 I'm a ghost to you now, a shadow since you turned your back on me
              Bm7                Am7  
 Maybe you'll learn why it was I shook
           Bm7                      C/D D7sus4 
 Baby your turn to wear the haunted look
 
 Cmaj7/G                Gmaj7 
  This ghost is here to stay
 *C/G
 I survived the blast
                         Gmaj7 
 Get Ready, get ready to pay
     D/G           C/G   
 I'm taking you at last -
   Am7             G   
 A prisoner of the past
 
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    C/G                                                      G  
 Anywhere that you go, I'm going to be the welcome there for you
      C/G                                                     G  
 Everywhere that you go - be certain that the table's set for two
              Bm7                             Am7 
 Maybe you'll learn - there's nowhere you can go
             Bm7                          C/D D7sus4 
 Baby you'll turn - as white, as white as snow
 
 Cmaj7/G                Gmaj7 
  This ghost is here to stay
 *C/G
 I survived the blast
                         Gmaj7 
 Get ready, get ready to pay
     D/G           C/G   
 I'm taking you at last -
   Am7             Cmaj7/G 
 A prisoner of the past
                       Gmaj7 
 This ghost is here to stay
 *C/G
 He survived the blast
                         Gmaj7 
 Get ready, get ready to say
       D/G               C/G   
 "I've found my niche at last -
   Am7             G    
 A prisoner of the past"
 
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 (guitar solo and fade)