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Chords/Tabulature for
Silver and Gold

Submitted by: Harlan Leslie Thompson (harlant@hawaii.edu)

Notes about this song:

  • Note from Wolfgang: Besides Harlan's (validated) version here, there is an alternate version by Tom Hambleton below it.

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

Alternate version submitted by: Tom Hambleton (tah@scruznet.com)

Notes about this song:

  • As performed at Bridge 11 (10/18/97 and 10/19/97).
  • It's in a different key than earlier tabs. Neil also tunes the low E to a D.
  • There are some extra notes during the last 4 notes of the G run that I can't figure out. He's striking a bass note with his pick and fingerpicking a treble note with his middle finger at the same time. I don't think it's a pure octave higher.
  • I'm also not sure about the weird Em in the 7th position, but it works.
  • Note from Khyber (courche@uclink4.berkeley.edu): I've got this performance on tape, and i believe Tom has hit it right. The only thing I'm not sure of is where Tom's version has:
           F#m    Em           A Asus4 A
        ...never seems to get old
    I think it should be (where C/B = 002030 and D* = 002230):
           F#m    Em          C/B  D* (let ring)
        ...never seems to get old
  • Note from Wolfgang: This version is more or less unvalidated, since I don't know the underlying recording, and there was almost no response on the RG mailing list.

Tuning: DADGBE

Intro:  / D Dsus4 / D D / D Dsus4 /
Verse:  / D / A / G + run / 2X
Chorus:
   / D D/b / D D/b / D D/b / D D/b /
   / D Em / F#m Em/ A  Asus4 / A (NC) /
   / D Dsus4 / D D / D Dsus4 /

  Intro      Verse
    D  Dsus4   D    A    G + run
E|0h5----5--|--5---(5)-----3---3---3---3------------------|
B|--7--7h8--|--7----5------3---3---3---3---------?-?-?-?--|
G|--7----7--|--7----6------4---4---4---4------------------|
D|--0----0--|--0----7----5-------5-------5-4-2-0-4-2-0----|
A|--0----0--|--0----0--------5-------5-----------------2--|
D|--0----0--|--0----0-------------------------------------|

 Chorus
    D   D/b  Em   F#m  Em    A  Asus4
E|--2----0---(0)--(0)---0----0----0--|
B|--3----3----5----7----8----5----5--|
G|--2----0----4----6----9----6----7--|
D|--0----0-------------(9)---7----7--|
A|--0--0h2---------------------------|
D|--0----0---------------------------|

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       D/B         D         D/B
I don't care if the sun don't shine
          D           D/B          D      C/B
And the rain keeps falling down on me and mine
      D           Em    F#m   Em           A  Asus4  A
Cause our kind of love, never seems to get old
(N.C.)            D         Dsus4  D    D    D Dsus4 D
It's better than silver and gold

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