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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick (White Pick when played with the Miss 2 rhythm)
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick (White Pick when played with Django chords only)
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Heart Of Gold Chords And Strumming, Neil Young
Django Chords:
Django Em Chord
Django C Chord
Django D Chord
Django G Chord
Key: G
Tempo:
171 bpm
Strumming:
"Miss 2":
|D (m) D D U |
"Miss 3":
|D D (m) D |
See Orange Pick Version for a more advanced rhythm.
Intro -
Riff:
||Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - Em|- - - - |x2
e|| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | ||
b|| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | ||
g|| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | ||
d|| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | ||
a|| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | ||
e||0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | || x2
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 ) x2
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Miss 2 ) x12
Riff:
|Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - Em|- - - - |
e| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
b| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
g| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
d| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | |
a| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | |
e|0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4)
Verse 1 -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Miss 2 ) x12
(Em) I want to
(C)live, (D) I want to (G)give
(Em) I've been a
(C)miner for a
(D)heart of
(G)gold
(Em) It's these ex(C)pressions
(D) I never (G)give
Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|G - - - || x2
( Miss 3/Let Ring/ Miss 3 /Let Ring)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
Bridge (Harmonica) -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Miss 2 ) x12
Riff:
|Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - Em|- - - - |
e| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
b| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
g| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
d| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | |
a| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | |
e|0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 )
Verse 2 -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Miss 2 ) x12
(Em) I've been to
(C)Hollywood, (D) I've been to
(G)Redwood
(Em) I crossed the
(C)ocean for a
(D)heart of
(G)gold
(Em) I've been in
(C)my mind,
(D) it's such a (G)fine line
Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|G - - - || x2
( Miss 3/Let Ring/ Miss 3 /Let Ring)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
Bridge (Harmonica) -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Miss 2 ) x12
Final Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - -|Em - - - ||x3
( Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2) x3
|Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2 / Miss 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|- - - - |
( Miss 3/Let Ring/ Miss 3 /Let Ring)
(Em) Keep me (Em)searching for a (D)heart of (Em)gold
(Em) You keep me
(Em)searching and I'm (D)growing (Em)old
(Em) Keep me
(Em)searching for a
(D)heart of
(Em)gold
(Em) I've been a (Em)miner for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) (C) (C) (G) (G)
Final Chord Strum: G
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Heart Of Gold Chords And Strumming - Neil Young
Open Chords:
Open Em, C D & G Chords
& open Em7 Chord: 022030
Key: G
Tempo:
171 bpm
Strumming:
"Bass 2":
|D (b) D D U |
"Mute 3":
|D D (mu) D |
Techniques:
Open Hammer-On
Bass Plucking
Palm Muting
Intro -
Riff:
||Em7 - - - |Em7 - - - |D - - Em7|- - - - |x2
e|| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | ||
b|| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | ||
g|| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | ||
d|| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | 0 2 ||
a|| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | 0h2 ||
e||0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | ||x2
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2&3 4 )x2
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Bass 2 ) x12
Riff:
|Em7 - - - |Em7 - - - |D - - Em7|- - - - |
e| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
b| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
g| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
d| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | 0 2 |
a| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | 0h2 |
e|0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2&3 4 )
Verse 1 -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Bass 2 ) x12
(Em) I want to (C)live, (D) I want to (G)give
(Em) I've been a (C)miner for a (D)heart of (G)gold
(Em) It's these ex(C)pressions (D) I never (G)give
Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|G - - - || x2
( Mute 3/Let Ring/ Mute 3 /Let Ring)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
Bridge (Harmonica) -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Bass 2 ) x12
Riff:
|Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - Em|- - - - |
e| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
b| 3 3 |3 3 3 3 |3 3 3 | |
g| 0 0 |0 0 0 0 |2 2 0 | |
d| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 |0 0 2 | 0 2 |
a| 2 2 |2 2 2 2 | 2 | 0h2 |
e|0 0 0 |0 0 0 0 | 0 | |
(1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2 3 4 |1 2&3 4 )
Verse 2 -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Bass 2 ) x12
(Em) I've been to (C)Hollywood, (D) I've been to (G)Redwood
(Em) I crossed the (C)ocean for a (D)heart of (G)gold
(Em) I've been in (C)my mind, (D) it's such a (G)fine line
Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2/ Bass 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|G - - - || x2
( Mute 3/Let Ring/ Mute 3/Let Ring)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
(Em)That keep me (Em)searching for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) and I'm (C)getting old (C) (G) (G)
Bridge (Harmonica) -
||Em - - - |C - - - |D - - - |G - - - || x3
( Bass 2 ) x12
Final Chorus -
||Em - - - |Em - - - |D - - -|Em - - - ||x3
( Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2) x3
|Em - - - |Em - - - |G - - - |G - - - |
( Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2 / Bass 2)
|C - - - |C - - - |C - - G|- - - - |
( Mute 3/Let Ring/ Mute 3/Let Ring)
(Em) Keep me (Em)searching for a (D)heart of (Em)gold
(Em) You keep me (Em)searching and I'm (D)growing (Em)old
(Em) Keep me (Em)searching for a (D)heart of (Em)gold
(Em) I've been a (Em)miner for a (G)heart of (G)gold (C) (C) (C) (G) (G)
Final Chord Strum: G
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