Am                          Dm
She's the dying heart of this ragged old town
         Am                                         E
She done dug her own grave in the rocky soil ground
            Am                                      Dm
But now she know she ain't gonna lay down until the wolf has gone away
                     Am            E                   Am
And the hunter come around no one knows what's come around

                   Am                         Dm
And in the golden days of the terror-less time
                    Am                                                  E
She never needed anybody around tell her how to keep her worries in line
                  Am                                     Dm 
But now she won't go outside to see that there ain't no wolf just a boy in the street
                     Am             E              Am
Howlin' up into the sky, don't they howl into the sky?

Chorus:
Dm                           Am
Don't you hear the sound of ghosts comin' from the grave?
Dm                      E
Don't you do it like we done when we had our way?
Dm                               Am
There ain't no knight no haunted hero gonna save the day
       Am                      E                      Am
So get off the floor and move on before you whither away

Verse 3: Guitar cuts to percussive knocking on the body (bass chords follow the same pattern)

And in the cold dark night, creakin' on wood floors and walls
Paralyzed by the fear of the fright she won't move a muscle at all
She cries, "Oh Lord come and take me away! Stood all I can now I can't stand to stay.
Send ole Gabriel down, don't he always come around?"

Chorus:
Dm                            Am
Don't you hear the sound of ghosts comin' from the grave?
Dm                       E
Don't you do it like we done when we had our way?
Dm                               Am
There ain't no knight no haunted hero gonna save the day
        Am                    E                      Am
So get off the floor and move on before you whither away