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The All Golden Chords by Van Dyke Parks

The All Golden chords by Van Dyke Parks

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F#9 (alternating to an E9 on the four)          A9              F#9     G#9     A#9

Verse:
Eb                              Fm              G#      Fm      Eb
He is not your run-of-the-mill garden variety Alabama country fare
Eb                              G#              Fm              G#      Eb
Left on Silver Lake he keeps a small apartment top an Oriental food store there
F#aug                        Eb       Db  F    Bb
He returned from Alabama to see what he could see

(Repeat last line chords)

Eb                      Fm                  G#                  Fm      Eb
Off the record he is hungry though he works hard in his Alabama country fair
Eb                              G#                   Fm         G#      Eb
I should think he'd fade away the way that Bohemians often bare the frigid air
F#aug                        Eb      Db   F    Bb
He returned from Alabama to see what he could see
(Repeast last line chords)

A               E

Verse:
A                       E       A
Constant commentary by the wayside
F#m                               B7            E
Nowadays them country boys don't cotton much to one two three four
A               F#m             A    C#7  F#m
Rest your team. Work out in the All Golden
F#m  F#m/E D   F#    Bm    E7           A
You will know why hayseeds go back to the country

E                               A
Constant calm might still our stately union.
F#m                             B7           E
Nowadays a Yankee dread not take his time to wend to sea
A               F#m             A       C#7  F#m
Forget to bear your arms in the All Golden
F#m F#m/E D    F#     Bm      E7        A
You will know why hayseeds go back to the country

(Repeat Chords from above)
A                       F#m    A   C#7  F#m
Might as well not 'low for one more go round
            D     F#    Bm      E7             F#9
That's all folks, Them hayseeds go back to the country

(Repeat intro chords to fade out)

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