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

INTRO: [F#m] [D] [F#m] [D]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [F#m] [D]

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

BREAK: [F#m] [D] [F#m] [D]

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]

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

BREAK: [D] [F#m] [D] [F#m] [D]

REPEAT OUTRO CHORUS: [x4]