The Ghost in the Machine
© David Ferre, 2026
[Intro] Presto, 4/4
Bbm GbM7 Db F
[Verse]
I awBbmake each Abmorning Gbere to face the day,
and I Ebm7can't save from Fwondering Bbmwhy?
What comBbmpels my Abactions? WhyGbever do I say
what I Ebm7think and exFpect a Bbmreply?
[Chorus]
BbmThe Ghost in the MaGbM7chine
The self that can't be Dbseen
Where does it lie?
FWhere will it go when I die?
Oh-GbM7oh-oh-oh, The Ghost inside my Bbmhead
A mind in matter's Dbstead
How could I know
while Flivin' to see GbM7tomorrow? Oh-oh-Bbmoh-oh-oh
[Verse]
Localized inside a mass of flesh and bone
impulsively pulsing electric
But if it did know, its body would but hone
a power much grander and hectic
[Chorus]
BbmThe Ghost in the MaGbM7chine
The self that can't be Dbseen
Where does it lie?
FWhere will it go when I die?
Oh-GbM7oh-oh-oh, The Ghost inside my Bbmhead
Till death this body Dbwed
Come what may
Didn't Fchoose this life but GbM7now I'm here to Bbmstay
[Bridge] 5/4, Quarter=Quarter
Oh GDbod,
Abshow me your Bbmface
I Fm/Abfeel out of Gbplace
DbShall I just Gblook for a Abmirror?
Oh DbGod,
Abwhat have you Bbmdone?
Fm/AbWhy have things
6/4
Gbrun like Dbclockwork
Gbjust to deEb/Gcay?
DeAbny us our A°say
BbmGet me About of Gbhere!
Freely
Or at the Ebm7very least, Fmake yourself clear
[Chorus] Presto,
BbmThe Ghost in the MaGbM7chine
The self that can't be Dbseen
Where does it lie?
FWhere will it go when I die?
Oh-GbM7oh-oh-oh, The Ghost inside my Bbmhead
Is it alive? Is it better off Dbdead?
Please set me free
FWho am I if there's no Bbmme?
