Going for the Gold

Going for the Gold easy guitar chords by Bright Eyes

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • F#

    2
  • A

  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • F#

    2
  • A

  • Intro 1




    There's 
    voice 
    on 
    the phone 
    Verse 1

    Telling 
    what 
    had 
    happened, 

    Some kind 
    of 
    confusion 

    More like 
    disaster. 

    And it wondered 
    Verse 2
    how 
    you 

    were 
    left 
    unaffected, 

    But 
    you had 
    no knowledge. 

    No, 
    the chem
    icals 
    covered 
    you. 

    So 
    a jury 
    was 
    formed 

    Verse 3
    As 
    more 
    liquor 
    was 
    poured. 

    No need 
    for 
    conviction, 

    They're 
    not thirst
    ing 
    for 
    justice. 

    But 
    I slept 
    with 
    the 
    lies 
    keep 

    inside 
    my 
    head. 

    Verse 4
    I found 
    out I 
    was 
    guilty. 

    found 
    out I 
    was 
    guilty. 

    But 
    I won't 
    be 
    around 
    for 

    the 
    sentencing, 

    Cause 
    I'm 
    leav
    ing 

    On 
    the next 
    airplane. 
    Verse 5

    And 
    though I know 
    that 
    my 
    actions 
    are 

    im
    possible 
    to jus
    tify 

    They seem 
    adequate 
    to 
    fill 
    up 
    my 
    time. 

    But 
    if 
    could 
    talk 
    to 
    myself 

    Like 
    I was 
    Verse 6
    someone 
    else, 

    Well 
    then may
    be 
    could 

    take 
    your 
    advice, 

    And 
    I wouldn't 
    act 
    like 
    such 
    an 
    asshole 
    all the 
    time. 

    Interlude 1


    There's 
    a film 
    Verse 7
    on 
    the 
    wall, 

    Makes 
    the 
    people 
    look small 

    Who are sitting 
    beside 
    it, 

    All 
    con
    sumed 
    in 
    the drama. 

    Verse 8
    They must 
    re
    turn 
    to 
    their 
    lives 
    once 

    the 
    hero 
    has 
    died. 

    They will drive 
    to 
    the office 

    Stopping 
    somewhere 
    for 
    coffee, 

    Where 
    the folk 
    singers, 

    poets 
    and 
    playwrights 
    convene, 

    Verse 9
    Dispensing 
    their 
    wisdom, 

    Oh dear 
    ama
    teur 
    orators. 

    They will de
    tail 
    Verse 10
    their 
    pain 

    In 
    some 
    standard 
    refrain. 

    They will recite 
    their sadness 

    Like 
    it's some 
    kind 
    of contest. 

    Verse 11
    Well, if 
    it 
    is, 
    I think 
    I am 
    winning 
    it, 

    All beaming 
    with 
    confidence 

    As 
    make 
    my 
    final 
    lap. 

    The gold 
    medal 
    gleams 

    So 
    hang 
    it around 
    my 
    Verse 12
    neck 

    Cause 
    I am 
    deserving 
    it: 

    The champion 
    of 
    idiots. 

    But 
    kid 
    carries 
    Verse 13
    his 
    walkman on 

    that 
    long 
    bus 
    ride 
    to Omaha. 

    I know 
    a girl 
    who 
    cries 
    when 

    she practices 
    violin. 

    Cause 
    each 
    note 
    sounds 
    so 
    pure, 

    it just 
    cuts 
    in
    to 
    her, 

    And then 
    the melody 
    comes 

    pouring 
    out 
    her 
    eyes. 

    Verse 14
    Now 
    to 
    me, 
    everything 
    else, 

    it just 
    sounds 
    like 

    lie 


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