Heart Of Gold chords by 
The Kinks 
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Key: B major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Growing up isn't easy to do,
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B
E
Especially for one who always knew,
G#m
C#m
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E
You would always come up second best.
Is that why you have such
bitter_ ness?
B
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B
Verse 2
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B
The apple of your father's eye_ ,
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B
And always by your brother's
E
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C#m
side.
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Then a little sister came along,
E
And you found all the
affection suddenly gone.
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B
Verse 3
But underneath that cold exterior
I know you've got a heart of gold.
So aloof, so superior,
But you've got a heart of gold.
Verse 4
E
Watch out_ ,
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don't get caught in the crossfire.
E
Watch out, she's still growing up,
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she's in a rage,
I guess she's reached
Verse 5
B
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B
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B
Growing up is very hard to do,
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Everyone watching your every
E
B
C#m
move.
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E
Your private life always on view,
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But jealously never really suited you.
F#sus4
B
But I know that
Verse 6
B
F#
Underneath that rude ex_ terior,
B
There's got to be
a heart of gold.
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B
Underneath that hard ex_ terior,
E
Is a little girl waiting to be told,
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F#sus4
You've got a heart of gold.
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F#sus4
E
F#sus4
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F#sus4
F#
She's got a heart of gold.
Interlude 2
B
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B
Em
Verse 7
Em
A
I couldn't understand your attitude.
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I only wanted to take
Bm
a photo_ graph of you,
G
But I was shocked when I heard
A
what you had to say.
F#
You picked up my camera, threw it away,
Bm
G
I didn't really mean to ru_ in your day.
Interlude 3
B
F#
Verse 8
B
Now I see you've got
a little girl of your own.
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E
C#m
Little princess certainly grown,
And there's a man,
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F#sus4
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E
he's smiling at you.
He must have been the one
F#
who always knew.
B
You had a heart of gold.
Verse 9
B
F#
B
Underneath that rude exter_ i_ or,
You've got a heart of gold.
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So aloof, so super_ ior,
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But you've got a heart of gold.
F#
Underneath that rude exterior,
B
You've got a heart of gold.
F#
Underneath that hard exterior,
B
You've got a heart of gold.
Outro 1
E
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F#sus4
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E
F#sus4
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B
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B
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B
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