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Everything That Glitters Chords by Dan Seals

Everything That Glitters chords by Dan Seals

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Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)
Dan Seals
(JB's additions/modifications to Darragh Egan's CRD transcription)

Transcription (and any errors) by jwblair@ix.netcom.com

Written by Dan Seals [Pink Pig Music (BMI)] and
Bob McDill [Polygram Int. Pub. Inc. / Ranger Bob Music (ASCAP)]
Transcribed from "Dan Seals, Greatest Hits", Liberty Records, 1991
Original single released in 1986

Capo 2
          EADGBe
          ++++++
D         200232 (fret 6th string with thumb and pick either a D
Dsus2     200230  or an F# bass note as required for any D chord)
Dsus4     200233 (add little finger on 1st string)
Dx        200030
Bm        224432 (barre)
G         320003
G6        320030 (need not fret 5th string which isn't played)
Gx        300203
Asus2     002200
A         002220
Asus4     002230 (add little finger on 2nd string)
F#m       244222 (barre)
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Intro:

    Dsus2         Dsus2/F#      Bm         A  G
e-|-------0-------------0-------------2-------------3-----|
B-|-----3---3---------3---3-----3-------3--2--0-----------|
G-|---2-------2-----2-------2-----4-----4--2--0-0---------|
D-|-0-----------0-------------0-----4-------------0-------|
A-|-----------------------------2-------2--0--------------|
E-|---------------2---------------------------3-----------|



VERSE 1 (picking similar to outro without the G-riff):

         Dsus2        Dsus2/F#     G           Dsus2
Saw your picture on a poster, ...
             Bm                   Asus2        G        G
Guess you're still the ..
       Dsus2         Dsus2/F#  G                 Dsus2
As for me and little Casey,    ..
     Bm                Asus2        G       G
In a one-horse trailer and ...
    Em              Em               Asus2     Asus2
And she still asks about ....
      Em             Em              Asus2     A[stop]
And I guess we never even ...


 (Strum rest of song until outro, ad lib sus2 and sus4
  on the D and A chords. When there are two consecutive
  bars of D as below, the bass player is emphasizing an
  F# bass for the second bar.)


CHORUS
             D              D/F#
But, oh, sometimes I ...
        G               D
And the way you ...
        D                    D/F#
In your rhinestones ...
         A          Asus4 A
With the ...
             D                 D/F#
And, oh, the crowd ...
           G               D
But as for me ...
     D                  A           D       Dx  D[stop]
Everything that ...


VERSE 2:

          D                 D/F#
Well, old Red, he's ...
         G           D
And last Saturday ...
        Bm                Asus2           G       G
But you know I just can't ...
       D                  D/F#
Little Casey, she's ...
          G              D
And she's started ...
            Bm               Asus2            G      G
And there's certain ...
Em                        Em         Asus2     Asus2
Her birthday came and ...
  Em             Em                 Asus2      A[stop]
I guess we never cross ...


SECOND CHORUS:

             D              D/F#
But then sometimes I ...
        G               D
And the way you ...
        D                    D/F#
In your rhinestones ....
         A          Asus4 A
With the ...
             D                 D/F#
And, oh, the crowd ...,
           G               D
But as for me I've ...
     D                  A           D       Dx  D
Everything that ...



BRIDGE:

     Bm              A               G       G
Everybody said you'd ...
      Bm                 A            G        G
And I guess that we ...
        D                     F#m(A?)        G        G
But someday, I'm sure, ...
          Em             Em                     Asus2 A[stop]
Cause for everything you win, ...



FINAL CHORUS (slowly):

             D              D/F#
But, oh, sometimes I ...
        G               D
And the way you ...
        D                    D/F#
In your rhinestones ..
         A          Asus4 A
With the sunlight ...
             D                 D/F#
And, oh, the crowd ...
           G               D
But as for me ...
     D                  A           D   Dx D   G   Gx G
Everything that glitters.... ...
     D                  A[stop]
Everything that glitters........
  (a cappella, chord would be D on "gold")
......... is not gold


OUTRO (while whistling melody):

    Dsus2         Dsus2/F#      G6            Dsus2
e-|-------0-------------0-------------0-------------0-------|
B-|-----3---3---------3---3---------3---3---------3---3-----|
G-|---2-------2-----2-------2-----0-------0-----2-------2---|
D-|-0-----------0-------------0-------------0-0-------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------4-|
E-|---------------2-------------3---------------------------|

    Bm            Asus2       G-riff
e-|-------2-------------0---------------------0-------------|
B-|-----3---3---------0---0---0-0-0-2-3-0-0-----3-----------|
G-|---4-------4-----2-------2-0-2-0-2-4-0-0-----------------|
D-|-------------4---------------------------0---------------|
A-|-2-------------0-----------------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------3-----------------------------|

repeat and fade...

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