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Stay Gold
By Butch Walker
Capo 2
[Intro] 
  A   D   E   Ax2
[Verse 1]
AStanding outside of Dollar EGeneral
Another DMLK bouleAvard
AGetting one more bag of Edime store weed
To Dsmoke in my backyAard
Well I'm F#mso damn bored I could Ecut myself
EOnly four more hours to Akill
AEvery day until my Dmom gets out of Eworking at the millA  
[Chorus]
You gotta stay Dgold, now my Epony boy
ADon't let them get you Ddown
DWhile the locals work for Ecoffee
ARemember You own this Dtown
Not a F#msoul is gonna Elisten
Yeah, your Ascream won't make a Dsound
With a F#mworld so Eblack and Dwhite, boy...
Stay AgoooooooDoold, EgoooooooAoold, gAooooooooDold, gEooooooooAold
[Verse 2]
AWe went by the Marietta Etrain tracks
Where your Dsister lost her dAays
ATraded a dirty mEagazine
To the Dpinball guy for pAlays
I F#mremember you always Esaying
EIf you ever got out Aalive
F#mYou'd quit Eusing and Dyou'd get married to that Egirl on page twenty-fiveA  
[Chorus]
You gotta stay Dgold, now my Epony boy
ADon't let them get you Ddown
DWhile the locals work for Ecoffee
ARemember You own this Dtown
Not a F#msoul is gonna Elisten
Yeah, your Ascream won't make a Dsound
With a F#mworld so Eblack and Dwhite, boy...
Stay AgoooooooDoold, EgoooooooAoold, gAooooooooDold, gEooooooooAold
[Chorus]
You gotta stay Dgold, now my Epony boy
ADon't let them get you Ddown
DWhile the locals work for Ecoffee
ARemember You own this Dtown
Not a F#msoul is gonna Elisten
Yeah, your Ascream won't make a Dsound
With a F#mworld so Eblack and Dwhite, boy...
Stay AgoooooooDoold, EgoooooooAoold, gAooooooooDold, gEooooooooAold

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Stay Gold

by Butch Walker

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Stay Gold

By Butch Walker

Capo 2

[Intro]

A D E A

[Verse 1]

A E

Standing outside of Dollar General

D A

Another MLK boulevard

A E

Getting one more bag of dime store weed

D A

To smoke in my backyard

F#m E

Well I'm so damn bored I could cut myself

E A

Only four more hours to kill

A D E A

Every day until my mom gets out of working at the mill

[Chorus]

D E

You gotta stay gold, now my pony boy

A D

Don't let them get you down

D E

While the locals work for coffee

A D

Remember You own this town

F#m E

Not a soul is gonna listen

A D

Yeah, your scream won't make a sound

F#m E D

With a world so black and white, boy...

A D E A A D E A

Stay gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold

[Verse 2]

A E

We went by the Marietta train tracks

D A

Where your sister lost her days

A E

Traded a dirty magazine

D A

To the pinball guy for plays

F#m E

I remember you always saying

E A

If you ever got out alive

F#m E D E A

You'd quit using and you'd get married to that girl on page twenty-five

[Chorus]

D E

You gotta stay gold, now my pony boy

A D

Don't let them get you down

D E

While the locals work for coffee

A D

Remember You own this town

F#m E

Not a soul is gonna listen

A D

Yeah, your scream won't make a sound

F#m E D

With a world so black and white, boy...

A D E A A D E A

Stay gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold

[Chorus]

D E

You gotta stay gold, now my pony boy

A D

Don't let them get you down

D E

While the locals work for coffee

A D

Remember You own this town

F#m E

Not a soul is gonna listen

A D

Yeah, your scream won't make a sound

F#m E D

With a world so black and white, boy...

A D E A A D E A

Stay gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold, gooooooooold

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