Going For The Gold

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Here's a live version with some decent views of how to play the chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBH8fNTb3E
Chords used:
G6 Dadd9/F# G/F Emadd9 D7 C D G Bm Em F# Asus2
e|---0------0-------3------2------2-----0-----2-----3-----2-----0-----2------0---|
B|---5------3-------0------0------1-----1-----3-----0-----3-----0-----2------0---|
G|---4------x-------0------0------2-----0-----2-----0-----4-----0-----3------2---|
D|---5------4-------3------2------0-----2-----0-----0-----4-----2-----4------2---|
A|---x------x-------x------x------x-----3-----x-----2-----2-----2-----4------0---|
E|---x------x-------x------x------x-----x-----x-----3-----x-----0-----x------x---|
Some lines in the verses use pull-offs on the high e for the G6 and Dadd9/F# chords.
The descending line in the song is:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--5---4---3---2---0----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
G6 Dadd9/F#
There's a voice on the phone
G/F
Telling what had happened
Emadd9
Some kind of confusion
D7
More like a disaster
G6 Dadd9/F#
And it wondered how you
G/F
Were left unaffected
Emadd9
But you had no knowledge
D7
No, the chemicals covered you
G6 Dadd9/F#
And so a jury was formed
G/F
As more liquor was poured
Emadd9
No need for conviction
D7
They're not thirsting for justice
G6 Dadd9/F#
But slept with the lies
G/F
I keep inside my head
Emadd9
I found out I was guilty
D7
I found out I was guilty
G6 Dadd9/F#
But I won't be around
G/F
For the sentencing
Emadd9
Because I'm leaving
D7
Oh, on the next airplane
C D G Bm
And though I know that my actions are impossible to justify
C D G
They seem adequate to fill up my time
C D Bm Em
And if I could talk to myself like I was someone else
C D G Bm Em
Then maybe I could take your advice
C D G
And I wouldn't act like such an asshole all the time
G6 Dadd9/F#
There's a film on the wall
G/F
Makes the people look small
Emadd9
Who are sitting beside it
D7
All consumed in the drama
G6 Dadd9/F#
They must return to their lives
G/F
Once the hero has died
Emadd9
They will drive to the office
D7
Stopping somewhere for coffee
G6 Dadd9/F#
Where the folk singers, poets,
G/F
and playwrights convene
Emadd9
Dispensing their wisdom
D7
Oh, dear amateur orator
G6 Dadd9/F#
They will detail their pain
G/F
In some standard refrain
Emadd9
They will recite their sadness
D7
Like it's some kind of contest
F#
Well, if it is
Bm
I think I am winning it
G
All beaming with confidence
Asus2
As I make my final lap
F#
The gold medal gleams
Bm
So hang it around my neck
G
Because I am deserving it
Asus2
The champion of idiots
C D G Bm
But a kid carries his walkman on that long bus ride to Omaha
C D G
I know a girl who cries when she practices violin
C D Bm Em
Because each note sounds so pure, it just cuts into her
C D G Bm Em
And then the melody comes pouring out her eyes
C D G
Now to me, everything else, it just sounds like a lie.

Going For The Gold chords and lyrics

Free chords for Going For The Gold by Bright Eyes. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Here's a live version with some decent views of how to play the chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBH8fNTb3E
Some lines in the verses use pull-offs on the high e for the G6 and Dadd9/F# chords.
The descending line in the song is:

Going For The Gold Chords by Bright Eyes

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