Stay Gold chords by
First Aid Kit (Official Version)

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Key: A minorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Am

G

F

C

Am

G

F

F

Verse 1
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
The sun shone high those few summer days
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
Left us in a soft, wide-eyed haze
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
It shone like gold
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
It shone like gold
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
But just as the moon,
Am Am 
 
it shines straight
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
So dawn  goes down today
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
No gold can stay
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
No gold can stay

Chorus 1
F F 
 
What if our hard work ends in despair?
C C 
 
What if the road won't take me there?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
What if to love and be loved's not enough?
C C 
 
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
We could stay gold,
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
oh, gold

Verse 2
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
We're on our way through rugged land
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
Top of that mountain  we wanted to stand
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
With hearts of gold
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
With hearts of gold
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
But there is only forward  no other way
C C 
 
G/B G/B 
 
Am Am 
 
Tomorrow is your hope at    the end of the day
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
And gold turns gray
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
And gold turns gray

Chorus 2
F F 
 
What if our hard work ends in despair?
C C 
 
What if the road won't take me there?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
What if to love and be loved's not enough?
C C 
 
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
We could stay gold,
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
oh

Bridge 1
F F 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
All of my dreams, they fall and form a bridge
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
Of memories where I   can get back
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
All of my dreams, they fall and form a bridge
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Of memories where I   can get back to you
G G 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
F F

Chorus 3
F F 
 
What if our hard work ends in despair?
C C 
 
What if the road won't take me there?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
What if to love and be loved's not enough?
C C 
 
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
We could stay gold,
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
oh, gold
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
We could stay gold,
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
oh, gold
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Stay gold,
F F 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
oh, gold

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsAm G F C G/B...

Chords

Am
G
F
C
G/B
Dm
Em

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Stay Gold by First Aid Kit, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A minor. It suits players who want to learn Stay Gold the way First Aid Kit intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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