John Stewart, Gold (1979)
^{Key: :[Cm] (w: John Stewart)}

INTRO: [Cm] [G#] [Cm] [G#]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [Cm] [G#]

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [Cm] [G#] [Cm] [G#]

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

BREAK: [G#] [Cm] [G#] [Cm] [G#]

REPEAT OUTRO CHORUS: [x4]