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

INTRO: [G#m] [E] [G#m] [E]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [G#m] [E]

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [G#m] [E] [G#m] [E]

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

OUTRO CHORUS:
[E] People out there turning music into [G#m] gold
[E] People out there turning music into [G#m] gold

BREAK: [E] [G#m] [E] [G#m] [E]

REPEAT OUTRO CHORUS: [x4]