Played slowly Intro: DGDB D D/F# G(add?7) Gold would be worthless if it didn?t require Em7 Such heartbreak to seek it A7sus4 A7 To find it and mine it D D/F# G(add?7) Things remain precious as long as they?re rare Em7 A7sus4 A7 If gold could be found lying ?round everywhere D Em7 G A It?d be the lowliest of metals D AsuA2 Too soft for serious use Bm7 Em7/B Pretty of course D/F# Bb6 And warm to the touch Em7 But no longer alluring A7sus4 A7 When you?ve handled so much D Em7 G D/B The lowliest of metals Am G Will you come with me through the ice and the snow Em7 She thought for a minute A7sus4 A7 Then she said let?s go D D/F# I rode behind her G(add?7) And she rode ahead Em7 And all through that winter A7sus4 A7 I?d lose her and find her D Our rations ran out F# Our horses were dead G E She forgot what gold was and I had to remind her D Em7 G A The lowliest of metals D AsuA2 Too soft for serious use Bm7 Em7/B Pretty of course D/F# Bb6 And warm to the touch Em7 But no longer alluring A7sus4 A7 When you?ve handled so much D Em7 G D/B The lowliest of metals D D/F# G(add?7) In a prospector?s shack she lay out of her mind Em7 A7sus4 A7 Describing how simple gold is to find Am Just under the surface G In zig-zagging veins Bb6 E It lies there like branches of midsummer lightning D D/F# G(add?7) You just open a hole in the crust of the plains Em7 A7sus4 A7 She said you reach in and it?s there for the taking DEGADGDB D D/F# G(add?7) Snow blind and starving I sat by her side Em7 As the fever raged in her A7sus4 A7 And the storm raged outside D She said now we are rich F# I told her the truth Bm E All the gold we had found could not crown a tooth D D/F# G(add?7) She said these things I know without being told E We are rich in each other Bb6 Now what good is gold D Em7 G A D D/B It?s the lowliest of metals D D/F# G(add?7) Well sometimes I dream that the world is reversed Em7 A7sus4 A7 I dream that accountants are rarer than poets D D/F# That things?ll get better G They can?t get any worse Em7 Bb6 That a rich man has nothing but dirt in his purse D Em7 G A And gold is the lowest of metals D AsuA2 Too soft for serious use Bm7 Em7/B Pretty of course D/F# Bb6 And warm to the touch Em7 But no longer alluring A7sus4 A7 When you?ve handled so much D Em7 G A The lowliest of metals D Em7 G A The lowliest of metals D Em7 G D/B The lowliest of metals This song is deceptively simple, as each verse has variations. On "King Strut", it is played with a capo. On "Choices Under Pressure" there is no capo, and a chorus is omitted. Some chords Bm7 Em7/B D/F# Bb6 G(add?7) E 0 0 0 0 0 B 3 2 3 3 3 G 2 0 2 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 4 A 2 2 0 1 2 E x x 2 x 3