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Silver And Gold by Neil Young
Silver And Gold
TUNING: DADGBE
INTRO
This is the basic form, in reality the strumming is much more syncopated than shown.
You may also wish to hit the low-D and A string's while playing this each chord to
flesh them out.
E|-0h2--3---2h3--3------0h2--3----0--|
B|-3----2---3----3------3----2----3--|
G|-2----3---2----2------2----3----2--|
D|-0----0---0----0------0----0----0--|
A|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--|
D|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--|
VERSE
D A
Working hard every day
D D U D D U
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|---2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
G|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|---x-x--0-x-x----x-x--0-x-x--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0-|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x--2-x-x----x-x--2-x-x-|
G G Theme Riff
Never notice how the time slips away
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------|
B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------|
G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------|
D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------|
A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
D A
People come, seasons go
D D U D D U
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|---2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
G|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|---x-x--0-x-x----x-x--0-x-x--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0-|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x--2-x-x----x-x--2-x-x-|
G G Theme Riff
We got something time that will never grow old
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------|
B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------|
G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------|
D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------|
A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
CHORUS
I don't care...
D U U U U D
E|--3-3-3-----3-2-3--3-3-3-----3-3-2--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
B|--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2-|
G|--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
D|--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-|
A|--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2-|
D|--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|
Cause our kind of love... ...old
D D U U D U U D U U
E|--3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------|
B|--2-2-2-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-8-8-8--0h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2--------------|
G|--3-3-3-x-4-4-4-x-6-6-6-x-7-7-7--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-Let Ring-----|
D|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--------------|
A|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------|
D|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------x-x-x-x-----------------------------|
Repeat Intro riff after chorus.
VERSE
D A
Working hard every day
G (G Theme Riff)
Never notice how the time slips away
D A
People come, seasons go
G (G Theme Riff)
We got something that will never grow old
CHORUS
D GM7/B D GM7/B
I don't care if the sun don't shine
D GM7/B D GM7/B
And the rain comes pourin' down on me and mine
D Am* Bm* G* Asus4 A
Cause our kind of love never seems to get old
(Silence) D (Intro Riff)
It's better than silver and gold
I used to have a treasure chest
Got so heavy that I had to rest
I let it slip away from me
Didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away
CHORUS
Harmonica Solo over Verse
CHORUS
CHORD BREAKDOWN
D xx0232
A x02220
G xx0033
GM7/B x20032 (G-Major 7 with B Root)
Am* xx0453 ---|
Bm* xx0675 ---|-> Triads + (optional) open D string
G* xx0787 ---|
Asus4 x02230
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version 2
G D
Working hard every day
C
Never notice how the time slips away
G D
People come, seasons go
C
We got something that will never grow old
CHORUS:
G C G C
I don't care if the sun don't shine
G C G C
And the rain keeps falling down on my and mine
G Am Bm Am D Dsus4 D
Cos our kind of love, never seems to get old
(N.C.) G C G C G C D
It's better than silver and gold
I used to have a treasure chest
Got so heavy that I had to rest
I let it slip away from me
Didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away
CHORUS TWICE
G C G C
It's better than silver and gold
G C G C
It's better than silver and gold
G C G C G
It's better than silver and gold
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version 3
C G
Working hard every day
F
Never notice how the time slips away
C G
People come, seasons go
F
we got something that will never grow old
CHORUS:
C
I don't care if the sun don't shine
F
and the rain keeps falling down on my and mine
C G
Cause our kind of love, never seems to get old
C
It's better than silver and gold
I used to have a treasure chest
got so heavy that i had to rest
I let it slip away from me
didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away
CHORUS
CHORUS
Better than Silver and Gold
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version 4
(I also usually keep my guitar tuned down a step,
so it may be equivalent to what Steve has down,
I didn't really check before replacing the chords...)
> G D
> Working hard every day
> C
> Never notice how the time slips away
> G D
> People come, seasons go
> C
> we got something that will never grow old
>
> CHORUS:
> G C G C
> I don't care if the sun don't shine
> G C G C
> and the rain keeps falling down on my and mine
> G C G C D
> Cause our kind of love, never seems to get old
> G C
> It's better than silver and gold
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version 5
Standard Tuning
D A
Working hard, every day
G
Never notice how the time slips away
D A
People come, seasons go
G
We got something that will never grow old
CHORUS:
D G D G
I don't care if the sun don't shine
D G D G
And the rain keeps falling down on me and mine
D G D G A
Cos our kind of love, never seems to get old
(N.C.) Dsus2, D, Dsus4
It's better than silver and gold
D A
I used to have a treasure chest
G
Got so heavy that I had to rest
D A
I let it slip away from me
G
Didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away
CHORUS TWICE
Dsus2, D, Dsus4
It's better than silver and gold
Dsus2, D, Dsus4
It's better than silver and gold
Dsus2, D, Dsus4
It's better than silver and gold
The lick behind the G chord is as follows...
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--4-2-0-2/4-2-0-2---------------------|
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***Also, as an alternative to the chorus chords are as follows...
Try both and see what you like more.
CHORUS:
D G D G
I don't care if the sun don't shine
D G D G
And the rain keeps falling down on me and mine
D G F#m Em A
Cos our kind of love, never seems to get old
(N.C.) Dsus2, D, Dsus4
It's better than silver and gold
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version 6
D Dsus4 Dsus4 D Dsus2 2x
D A
Workin' hard every day
G
Never notice how
A D
the time slips away
D A
People come, seasons go
G
We got something
A D
that'll never grow old.
D G
I don't care
D G
if the sun don't shine
D G
And the rain comes pouring
D G
down on me and mine
D G
'Cause our kind of love
D G A Em
never seems to get old
A G D
It's better than silver and gold.
D Dsus4 Dsus4 D Dsus2 2x
D A
I used to have a treasure chest
G A D
Got so heavy that I had to rest
D A
I let it slip away from me
G D
Didn't need it anyway
G A D
so I let it slip away.
D G
I don't care
D G
if the sun don't shine
D G
And the rain comes pouring
D G
down on me and mine
D G
'Cause our kind of love
D G A Em
never seems to get old
A G D
It's better than silver and gold.
D Dsus4 Dsus4 D Dsus2 2x
Harmonica
D G
I don't care
D G
if the sun don't shine
D G
And the rain comes pouring
D G
down on me and mine
D G
'Cause our kind of love
D G A Em
never seems to get old
A G D
It's better than silver and gold.
D Dsus4 Dsus4 D Dsus2 2x
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