Key: B minor•
Verse 1
State with a nugget around my neck
I keep the red lights burning bright
from here to Hell and back
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from Boulder up to Haines
When I hit Coloma, boys,
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I made my final claim
Verse 2
the spring of '48
And every man with a shovel and pan
has stumbled through my gate
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and lovin' flows like wine
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they'll dig or else die trying
Verse 3
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El Dorado, woo- hoo- hoo
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Verse 4
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They come from far and wide to quell
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the fever in their souls
It haunts their brain,
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they've gone insane for the glimmer of the gold
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here down a one- way path
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you never make it back
Verse 5
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There's Redwood Bill, he can drink his fill,
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so can John the Rover
Bad Luck Dave is in his grave,
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his gold dust days are over
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and call to God upstairs
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the Lord don't hear your prayers
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El Dorado, woo- hoo- hoo
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Verse 7
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run into Reno Maria
When the sky is dark,
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she can read the stars from Mars to Cassiopeia
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comes down with fortunes to be told
she'll tell you plenty
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Except where to find the gold
Verse 8
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he'll fool you with a fountain pen
One look in his eyes,
you'll be hypnotized
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He's got that slight of hand
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they say he has nine lives
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when they shot him down ten times
Verse 9
with the Dogtown Gang
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Or the boys from Rough and Ready
Don't thumb your nose
at the Sydney Cove
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'Cause the hammer comes down heavy
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his way to fortune fair
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in line to be a millionaire
Verse 10
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El Dorado, woo- hoo- hoo
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El Dorado, city of gold, city of fools
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Verse 11
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the rush is moving on
Leaving old Coloma boys and
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bound for Oregon
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have all gone to rust
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your booming days are bust
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and boarded up saloon
Seen 'em fade from golden days
to ghost towns left to ruin
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to dig our lives away?
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so come get rich in Californ- I- A
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El Dorado, woo- hoo- hoo
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El Dorado, city of gold, city of fools
Has the fever got a hold on you?
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Verse 14
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and now I take my rest
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