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Red and Gold chords by
Fairport Convention
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
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Em
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G
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Asus4
Asus4

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D
D

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Gold would be
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G

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worthless if it didn't require
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Such heartbreak to seek,
Asus4
Asus4

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D

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A
A

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D

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to find it and mine it
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A

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D

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Things remain precious the
G
G

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more that they're rare
Em
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If gold could be found lying
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G

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D

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round everywhere
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A

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D

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D

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Em
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G
G

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Could be the lowliest of metals,
A
A

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D

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A
A

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D

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too soft for serious use
A
A

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G

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It's pretty, of course,
Bm
Bm
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G

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D
D

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A
A

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and warm to the touch
Em
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But no longer will you ring when
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D

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A
A

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you've handled so much
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D

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A

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D

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Em
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G

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A
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D
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G
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D
D

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The lowest of the doors
Am
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D

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Will you come with me
G
G

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Through the ice and the snow
Em
Em

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She thought for a moment
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A

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Asus4
Asus4

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A

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Then she said, let's go
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D

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I rode behind her
G
G

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And she'd hold her head
Em
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And all through that winter
A
A

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I'd lose her and find her
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D

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Rations ran out
F#m
F#m
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Horses were dead
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D

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G

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She forgot what gold was
E
E

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And I had to remind her
D
D

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Em
Em

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The loneliest of metals
A
A

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A

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Too soft for serious use.
Bm
Bm
2

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Pretty of course, warm to the touch,
Em
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But no longer will you ring,
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A

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When you've handled so much,
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The lowliest of letters.

In a prospector's shack,
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G

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she lay out of her mind
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Describing how simple
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D

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A
A

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gold is to find
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G
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Just under the surface, in zigzagging planes
Gm
Gm
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Asus4
Asus4

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It lies there like branches
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E
E

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amidst all the lightning
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D

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You just open a hole in
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G

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the crust of the flame
Em
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You reach in, she said,
Asus4
Asus4

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and it's there for the taking
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The lowliest of metals
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So blind and starving, I sat by her side
Em
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As the fever raged in her,
A
A

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and the storm raged

outside
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Bm
Bm
2

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She said, now we are rich, I told her the
Bbaug
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Bb
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Asus4
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Well, gold that we'd found
A
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E
E

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would not crown a tooth
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D

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She said, these things I
G
G

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know without being told
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E

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We are rich in each other,
Bb
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Gm
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now what good is gold?
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Em
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It's the loneliest of the
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blues
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A

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Now sometimes I dream that the world is reversed
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A
A

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I dream that accountants are rarer than po ets
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That things will get better if they
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can 't get any worse
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But a rich man has nothing
Gm
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but dirt in his purse
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Gold is the lowliest of metals
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It's too soft for serious use
Bm
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It's pretty, of course,
Bm
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D
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warm to the touch
Em
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Asus4
Asus4

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But no longer will your ring, if you've handled too much,
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the lowliest of metals.
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Em

  • G

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • Am

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • Gm

    3

  • Bbaug

  • Bb

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Red and Gold by Fairport Convention is D major.

The primary chords used in Red and Gold are D, Em, G, Asus4, A, Bm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, Em, G, Asus4, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Red and Gold is approximately 59 beats per minute.

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