Golden Years chords
by David BowieSong Key: F# Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 108 bpm
Guitar Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner 🟢
Chords: F#, G, Am, A#dim7, Bm, C, D, E, Em7
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Golden Years
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F# E F# E F# E F# E
Intro: | 1+2 +3+ 4+ | 1+2 +3+ 4+ | 1+2 +3+ 4+ | 1+2 +3+ 4+ |
Please Note: This timing occurs throughout the song.
F# E F# E F# E
** Gold-en years, gold (whop whop whop) | |
F# E F# E F# E
Gold-en years, gold (whop whop whop) | |
F# E F# E
Gold-en years, gold (whop whop whop)
F# E
1. Don't let me hear you say life's
F# E F# E
Tak-ing you no-where an - gel
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E
Look at that sky-y, life's be-gun
F# E F# E
Nights are warm and the days are you-ou-oung
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
D Bm
Chorus: There's my ba-by, lost that's all
D Bm F# E
Once I'm beg-ging you, save her lit-tle sou - oul
F# E F# E
Go-o-old, (whop whop whop) | |
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E
2. Last night they loved you
F# E F# E
Op-en-ing doors and pul-ling some strings an - gel
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E
In walked luck and you looked in time
F# E F# E
Nev-er look back, walk tall, act fi-i-ine
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
D Bm D Bm
Chorus: I'll stick with you ba-by for a thou-sand years
G C Am A#dim7
Noth-ing's gon-na touch you in these gold-en years...
Bm Em7 F# E
| yea - ears | 2/4 Gold |4/4 Gold-en years |
F# E F# E
Go-o-old, (whop whop whop) | |
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E
3. Some of these days, and it won't be long
F# E
Gon-na drive back down where you once be-longed
F# E
In the back of a dream car, twen-ty foot long
F# E
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
F# E
Doi-ng all right, but you got-ta get smart
F# E
Wish up-on, wish up-on, day up-on day,
F# E F# E
I be-lieve oh Lord, I be-lieve all the way (Come get up my baby)
F# E F# E
Run for the sha-dows, run for the sha-dows
F# E F# E
Run for the sha-dows in these gold-en years
D Bm
Chorus: There's my ba-by, lost that's all
D Bm F# E
Once I'm beg-ging you, save her lit-tle sou - oul
F# E F# E
Go-o-old, whop whop whop | |
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E
Don't let me hear you say life's
F# E F# E
Tak-ing you no-where, an - gel
F# E
(Come get up, my ba-by)
F# E F# E
Run for the sha-dows, run for the sha-dows
F# E F# E
Run for the sha-dows in these gold-en years
D Bm D Bm
Chorus: I'll stick with you ba-by for a thou-sand years
G C Am A#dim7
Noth-ing's gon-na touch you in these gold-en years
Bm Em7 F# E
| yea - ears | 2/4 Gold |4/4 Gold-en years |
F# E F# E
Go-o-old, (whop whop whop) | |
F# E F# E F# E
Gold-en years, go-o-old (whop whop whop) | |
F# E F# E F# E
Gold-en years, go-o-old (whop whop whop) | |
... repeat to fade
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: F# Major - 6 sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#)
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 108
- Voice Range: B3 - B5
- Beginner Guitarists: You can play F# exactly the same as F Major but starting on the 2nd fret instead of the first (see charts). 🥳
Sheet Music Intro
Song Details:
- Songwriter: David Bowie
- Date Written: May 1975
- Lyrics Begin: Golden years, gold whop whop whop...
- Featured Artist: David Bowie
- Single:
Recorded: 21–30 September 1975
Released: 21 November 1975
B-side: Can You Hear Me? - Genre: Funk, Disco, Doo-wop, Pop
- Album: Station to Station
Recorded: September–November 1975
Released: 23 January 1976
Other songs by David Bowie on this site:
| Song | Capo | Key | Core Chords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashes To Ashes | +1 | G | G, G7, G#dim7, Am, Am7, A7, C, D, Dm, E, Em, F |
| Changes | - | C | C, Cmaj7, Db6, Dbmaj7, D, Dm7, Eb7, Ebm7, Em, Em7, F, Fmaj7, G, G7, G11, G13, Am, Bbsus2 |
| Heroes | - | D | D, Em, G, Am, C |
| Lazarus | - | Am | Am, C, D, F, G |
| Life on Mars | - | Bb | Bb, Bbm, C7, Cm, Caug, Db7, D, Ddim7, Eb, Ebm7, F, Fm, F#aug, F#dim7, Gm, Ab, Ab7, Am, Aaug |
| Space Oddity | - | C | C, D, D7, E, E7, Em, Em7, F, Fmaj7, Fm, G, A, Am, Am7, Bbmaj7 |
| Starman | - | Bb→F | Bb, Bbm, C, C7, D7, Dm, F, Gm, Ab, A, Am |
| Suffragette City | - | A | A, B, C, D, E, F, G |
| The Man Who Sold The World | - | Dm | Dm, F, Gm, A7, Bbm, C |
