Biography:
Peter Blegvad (born 14 August 1951) is an American born, UK based singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy. He has released several solo albums and collaborated with bassist John Greaves (recording Kew.Rhône with Greaves in 1977). In 2001 Blegvad published his strangely surreal, yet beautifully drawn comic, The Book of Leviathan, which received much critical praise for blending some of the most interesting elements of Krazy Kat with a coming-of-age-esque story akin to Calvin and Hobbes.
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Gold - Peter Blegvad (Optional capo at 2nd Fret)
Played slowly
Intro:
D G/B D
D D/F# G(add?7)
Gold would be worthless if it didn’t require
Em7
Such heartbreak to seek it
A7sus4 A7
To find it and mine it
D D/F# G(add?7)
Things remain precious as long as they’re rare
Em7 A7sus4 A7
If gold could be found lying ‘round everywhere
D Em7 G A
It’d be the lowliest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
Am G
Will you come with me through the ice and the snow
Em7
She thought for a minute
A7sus4 A7
Then she said let’s go
D D/F#
I rode behind her
G(add?7)
And she rode ahead
Em7
And all through that winter
A7sus4 A7
I’d lose her and find her
D
Our rations ran out
F#
Our horses were dead
G E
She forgot what gold was and I had to remind her
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
D D/F# G(add?7)
In a prospector’s shack she lay out of her mind
Em7 A7sus4 A7
Describing how simple gold is to find
Am
Just under the surface
G
In zig-zagging veins
Bb6 E
It lies there like branches of midsummer lightning
D D/F# G(add?7)
You just open a hole in the crust of the plains
Em7 A7sus4 A7
She said you reach in and it’s there for the taking
D Em7 G A D G/B D
D D/F# G(add?7)
Snow blind and starving I sat by her side
Em7
As the fever raged in her
A7sus4 A7
And the storm raged outside
D
She said now we are rich
F#
I told her the truth
Bm E
All the gold we had found could not crown a tooth
D D/F# G(add?7)
She said these things I know without being told
E
We are rich in each other
Bb6
Now what good is gold
D Em7 G A D G/B D
It’s the lowliest of metals
D D/F# G(add?7)
Well sometimes I dream that the world is reversed
Em7 A7sus4 A7
I dream that accountants are rarer than poets
D D/F#
That things’ll get better
G
They can’t get any worse
Em7 Bb6
That a rich man has nothing but dirt in his purse
D Em7 G A
And gold is the lowest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
This song is deceptively simple, as each verse has variations. On "King Strut", it is
played with a capo. On "Choices Under Pressure" there is no capo, and a chorus is omitted.
Some chords
Bm7 Em7/B D/F# Bb6 G(add?7)
E 0 0 0 0 0
B 3 2 3 3 3
G 2 0 2 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 4
A 2 2 0 1 2
E x x 2 x 3
Played slowly
Intro:
D G/B D
D D/F# G(add?7)
Gold would be worthless if it didn’t require
Em7
Such heartbreak to seek it
A7sus4 A7
To find it and mine it
D D/F# G(add?7)
Things remain precious as long as they’re rare
Em7 A7sus4 A7
If gold could be found lying ‘round everywhere
D Em7 G A
It’d be the lowliest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
Am G
Will you come with me through the ice and the snow
Em7
She thought for a minute
A7sus4 A7
Then she said let’s go
D D/F#
I rode behind her
G(add?7)
And she rode ahead
Em7
And all through that winter
A7sus4 A7
I’d lose her and find her
D
Our rations ran out
F#
Our horses were dead
G E
She forgot what gold was and I had to remind her
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
D D/F# G(add?7)
In a prospector’s shack she lay out of her mind
Em7 A7sus4 A7
Describing how simple gold is to find
Am
Just under the surface
G
In zig-zagging veins
Bb6 E
It lies there like branches of midsummer lightning
D D/F# G(add?7)
You just open a hole in the crust of the plains
Em7 A7sus4 A7
She said you reach in and it’s there for the taking
D Em7 G A D G/B D
D D/F# G(add?7)
Snow blind and starving I sat by her side
Em7
As the fever raged in her
A7sus4 A7
And the storm raged outside
D
She said now we are rich
F#
I told her the truth
Bm E
All the gold we had found could not crown a tooth
D D/F# G(add?7)
She said these things I know without being told
E
We are rich in each other
Bb6
Now what good is gold
D Em7 G A D G/B D
It’s the lowliest of metals
D D/F# G(add?7)
Well sometimes I dream that the world is reversed
Em7 A7sus4 A7
I dream that accountants are rarer than poets
D D/F#
That things’ll get better
G
They can’t get any worse
Em7 Bb6
That a rich man has nothing but dirt in his purse
D Em7 G A
And gold is the lowest of metals
D Asus2 A
Too soft for serious use
Bm7 Em7/B
Pretty of course
D/F# Bb6
And warm to the touch
Em7
But no longer alluring
A7sus4 A7
When you’ve handled so much
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Em7 G A
The lowliest of metals
D Em7 G A D G/B D
The lowliest of metals
This song is deceptively simple, as each verse has variations. On "King Strut", it is
played with a capo. On "Choices Under Pressure" there is no capo, and a chorus is omitted.
Some chords
Bm7 Em7/B D/F# Bb6 G(add?7)
E 0 0 0 0 0
B 3 2 3 3 3
G 2 0 2 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 4
A 2 2 0 1 2
E x x 2 x 3
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