{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2378267,"song":"When I Find Gold","artist":"Isaac Graham","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11491585-when-i-find-gold-chords-by-isaac-graham/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2378267?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"“When I Find Gold” by Isaac Graham\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords: [ch]Em[/ch] (022000), [ch]G[/ch] (320003), [ch]D[/ch] (xx0232), [ch]C[/ch] (x32010)\r\nCapo V[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was born on the steps of the rum hospital[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the rains flowed down veins of Macquarie Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch](4x)\r\nHis mother, exhausted, died in her sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch](4x)\r\nIt was September fourteen eighteen twenty-eight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on George Street that evening, as John Brodie was born,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree men dug a tunnel into the Bank of Australia[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch](4x)\r\nA considerable sensation was excited in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch](4x)\r\nJohn lost his mother while the bank lost its pounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he was twenty-three he moved to Ballarat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooking for the gold and a pretty girl to have his children[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut all he found was bureaucrats and taxes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah well, they say we need a license to be rich[/tab]\r\n\r\nInstrumental: [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they sent the troops from Melbourne with their sniders[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey aimed their guns at good men and decent folk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch](4x)\r\nAnd when that bastard Bentley killed Scobie in cold blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch](4x)\r\nWe kept warm that night from the ashes of his hotel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you could feel the hate and greed in the miasma[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, I heard they killed that boy that played the drums[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch](4x)\r\nBut on Bakery Hill the Southern Cross flew high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch](4x)\r\nBut John Brodie lost his life before he could see that blue flag fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis heart skipped a beat when the bullet hit[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the blood spilled from his chest onto the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as he lay in agony he stared up at the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he whispered to himself as he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe said,\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man[/tab]\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I find gold, yeah, we'll settle down and buy some land[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'll put a ring upon your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man[/tab]\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man for sure.”[/tab]","plain_text":"“When I Find Gold” by Isaac Graham\n\n\n\nIntro: Em, G, Em, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental: Em, G, Em, G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe said,\n\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man\n\n\n\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man\nWhen I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man","chords":["Em","G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}