John Stewart, Gold (1979)
^{Key: :[A#m] (w: John Stewart)}

INTRO: [A#m] [F#] [A#m] [F#]

VERSE 1:
When the [A#m] lights go down in the California town
[F#] People are in for the [A#m] evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My [F#] heart beating time with my [A#m] breathing

CHORUS:
[F#] Driving over Kanan, [Fm] singing to my soul
There's [F#] people out there turning music into [A#m] gold [F#]

VERSE 2:
Now my [A#m] buddy Jim Bass he's a-working pumping gas
And he [F#] makes two fifty for an [A#m] hour
He's got rhythm in his hands as he's tapping on the cans
[F#] Sings rock and roll in the [A#m] shower

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [A#m] [F#]

VERSE 3:
Oh [A#m] California girls are the greatest in the world
[F#] Each one a song in the [A#m] making
Singing right to me I can hear the melody
The [F#] story is there for the [A#m] taking

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [A#m] [F#] [A#m] [F#]

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 4:
When the [A#m] lights go down in the California town
[F#] People are in for the [A#m] evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My [F#] heart's beating time with my [A#m] breathing

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO CHORUS:
[F#] People out there turning music into [A#m] gold
[F#] People out there turning music into [A#m] gold

BREAK: [F#] [A#m] [F#] [A#m] [F#]

REPEAT OUTRO CHORUS: [x4]