Golden chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Here is my interpretation of how the guys played Golden
when they performed it live for the first time recently.
(Note: to play as if it were on the record "Nothing Is Sound"
just put a Capo on 1st fret!) The chords with a * after them are what I believe Jon
Foreman is playing in the live performance.
Link to video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNYIN-HByk

Chord Key

E MajorE - x79900*
A augmentedA - 577600*
C# minorC#m - x1111900*
G# minorG#m - 466400//466x00//x66400*
BB - 799800//x99800*
F# minorF#m - x44200*

Verse.

E MajorE     A augmentedA    C# minorC#m
  She's alone tonight
     A augmentedA     E MajorE
With the bitter cup and
    A augmentedA    C# minorC#m
She's undone tonight
     A augmentedA
She's all used up


Pre - Chorus.
      F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m   A augmentedA
She's been staring down the demons
BB      F# minorF#m    G# minorG#m    A augmentedA    BB     C# minorC#m
Who've been screaming she's just another so and so
A augmentedA       BB
Another so and so


Chorus.
    E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
    A augmentedA   BB
You are golden child
    E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
     A augmentedA     BB
Don't let go, don't let go tonight

Verse
E MajorE     A augmentedA     C# minorC#m     A augmentedA
There's a fear that burns like trash inside
E MajorE     A augmentedA     C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
And you're ashamed of the curse that burns your eyes


Pre- chorus

      F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m  A augmentedA BB
You've been hiding in the bedroom

    F# minorF#m    G# minorG#m   A augmentedA   BB   C# minorC#m
Hoping this isn't how the story has to go,
A augmentedA            BB
it's not the way it goes

It's your book now


Chorus.
    E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
    A augmentedA   BB
You are golden child
    E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
     A augmentedA     BB
Don't let go, don't let go tonight


Bridge
C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
  You're a lonely soul
A augmentedA
In the land of broken hearts
C# minorC#m      A augmentedA    BB
And far from home is a perfect place to start

Solo
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB|---------5-5-4-5-5-4-5-4-5-5-5/7\5--5-5-4-5-2-0-----------------------------
G+G|-----------------------------------------------1/2-2\1----------------------
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------2b-------------------
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------

La - la -la -la

E MajorE    A augmentedA   C# minorC#m    A augmentedA
So this final verse is a contradiction
E MajorE    A augmentedA    C# minorC#m   A augmentedA
And the more we learn, the less we know


Pre-chorus

      F# minorF#m   G# minorG#m  A augmentedA BB      F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
We've been talking 'bout a feeling we both know inside
  A augmentedA   BB      C# minorC#m
but couldn't find the words
 A augmentedA          C# minorC#m
I couldn't write this verse
   A augmentedA       BB
I've never been so sure 'bout anything before

Chorus.
   E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
    A augmentedA   BB
You are golden child
    E MajorE     G# minorG#m
You are goooooooooolden
     A augmentedA     BB
Don't let go, don't let go tonight





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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend