{"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":500033,"song":"Going For The Gold","artist":"Bright Eyes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/500033-going-for-the-gold-chords-by-bright-eyes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/500033?type=chord","rating":4.88172,"votes":24,"content":"Here's a live version with some decent views of how to play the chords:\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBH8fNTb3E\r\n\r\n[tab]Chords used:\r\n     [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]  [ch]G/F[/ch]   [ch]Emadd9[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\ne|---0------0-------3------2------2-----0-----2-----3-----2-----0-----2------0---|\r\nB|---5------3-------0------0------1-----1-----3-----0-----3-----0-----2------0---|\r\nG|---4------x-------0------0------2-----0-----2-----0-----4-----0-----3------2---|\r\nD|---5------4-------3------2------0-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----4------2---|\r\nA|---x------x-------x------x------x-----3-----x-----2-----2-----2-----4------0---|\r\nE|---x------x-------x------x------x-----x-----x-----3-----x-----0-----x------x---|[/tab]\r\n\r\nSome lines in the verses use pull-offs on the high e for the G6 and Dadd9/F# chords.\r\n\r\nThe descending line in the song is:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------|\r\nG|-----------------------|\r\nD|--5---4---3---2---0----|\r\nA|-----------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]             [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nThere's a voice on the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nTelling what had happened[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nSome kind of confusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMore like a disaster[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]           [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd it wondered how you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nWere left unaffected[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nBut you had no knowledge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNo, the chemicals covered you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]      [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd so a jury was formed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nAs more liquor was poured[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nNo need for conviction[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey're not thirsting for justice[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G6[/ch]          [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nBut slept with the lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nI keep inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nI found out I was guilty[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI found out I was guilty[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G6[/ch]       [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nBut I won't be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nFor the sentencing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nBecause I'm leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh, on the next airplane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd though I know that my actions are impossible to justify[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey seem adequate to fill up my time[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if I could talk to myself like I was someone else[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen maybe I could take your advice[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I wouldn't act like such an asshole all the time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]          [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nThere's a film on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nMakes the people look small[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nWho are sitting beside it[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAll consumed in the drama[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nThey must return to their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nOnce the hero has died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nThey will drive to the office[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStopping somewhere for coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]            [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nWhere the folk singers, poets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nand playwrights convene[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nDispensing their wisdom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOh, dear amateur orator[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G6[/ch]           [ch]Dadd9/F#[/ch]\r\nThey will detail their pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nIn some standard refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Emadd9[/ch]\r\nThey will recite their sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLike it's some kind of contest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWell, if it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI think I am winning it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll beaming with confidence[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nAs I make my final lap[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe gold medal gleams[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo hang it around my neck[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause I am deserving it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nThe champion of idiots[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut a kid carries his walkman on that long bus ride to Omaha[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know a girl who cries when she practices violin[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause each note sounds so pure, it just cuts into her[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd then the melody comes pouring out her eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow to me, everything else, it just sounds like a lie.[/tab]","plain_text":"Here's a live version with some decent views of how to play the chords:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBH8fNTb3E\n\n\n\nSome lines in the verses use pull-offs on the high e for the G6 and Dadd9/F# chords.\n\nThe descending line in the song is:","chords":["G6","Dadd9/F#","G/F","Emadd9","D7","C","D","G","Bm","Em","F#","Asus2","B","A","E","Dadd9/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}