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Ghost Highway

Mazzy Star
Tab
★4.8(5)

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:02:57 EST

From: Brian F Mojica <bmojica@juno.com>

Subject: TAB: GHOST HIGHWAY by Mazzy Star

Ghost Highway

(Sandoval/Roback)

from the album "She Hangs Brightly"

tabbed by Brian Mojica <BMojica@juno.com>

lyrics courtesy of Kevin Jenkins

h = hammer on

p = pull off

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

~ = vibrato

^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)

rb=release bend

RHYTHM FIGURE 1

F# E F# A F#

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|A
|-4-4-2-4-------4-|-----2-4---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

| |

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|B
|-4-4-4-4---------|-----------X-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-X-X-X-X-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-4-4-|
|-2-2-0-2-X-X-X-X-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-2-2-|

RHYTHM FIGURE 2

B A B (D) B

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|
|-4-4-2-4-------4-|-----2-4---------|A
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

| |

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4---------|-4---4-4---------|B
|-4-4-4-4---------|-4---4-4-X-X-X-X-|
|-2-2-0-2---------|-2---0-2-X-X-X-X-|
|-----------------|-----------------|

RHYTHM FIGURE 3

F# A G# G

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|A
|-4-------7-------|-6-------5-------|
|-4-------7-------|-6-------5-------|
|-2-------5-------|-4-------3-------|

| |

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|B
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-4-------3-------|

START WITH RHY FIG 1A

RHYTHM FIG.1B ENTERS AT THE FIFTH TIME

You're a ghost on the highway

And I'll love you forever

Ghost on the highway

And I'll love you forever

RHY FIG 2A and B

Forever and ever

And ever and ever

RHY FIG 1A and B

Your eyes are an island

And I'll own them forever

Your eyes are an island

And I'll love them forever

RHY FIG 3

Forever and ever

And ever and ever

RHY FIG 1A and B (2X)

RHY FIG 3A and B (3x)

RHY FIG 1A and B (play during guitar solo)

You're a ghost on the highway

And I'll love you forever

Ghost on the highway

And I'll love you forever

RHY FIG 2A and B

Forever and ever

And ever and ever

RHY FIG 1A and B (2x)

then play:

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

RHY FIG 3A and B (3x)

RHY FIG 1A and B (2x)

then play:

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||A
|-4-4-4-4---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-4-4-4-4---------|-4---4-4-4-7---4-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-7---4-||
|-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---0-2-0-5---2-||

| |

||

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-----||B
|-4-4-2-4---------|-4-4-2-4---------|-4-4-2-4---------|-4---2-4-2-----4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

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