Written by Dan Seals [Pink Pig Music (BMI)] and
Bob McDill [Polygram Int. Pub. Inc. / Ranger Bob Music (ASCAP)]
Transcribed from "Dan Seals, Greatest Hits", Liberty Records, 1991
Original single released in 1986
Capo 2
EADGBe
++++++
D 200232 (fret 6th string with thumb and pick either a D
Dsus2 200230 or an F# bass note as required for any D chord)
Dsus4 200233 (add little finger on 1st string)
Dx 200030
Bm 224432 (barre)
G 320003
G6 320030 (need not fret 5th string which isn't played)
Gx 300203
Asus2 002200
A 002220
Asus4 002230 (add little finger on 2nd string)
F#m 244222 (barre)
Intro:
Dsus2 Dsus2/F# Bm A G
e-|-------0-------------0-------------2-------------3-----|
B-|-----3---3---------3---3-----3-------3--2--0-----------|
G-|---2-------2-----2-------2-----4-----4--2--0-0---------|
D-|-0-----------0-------------0-----4-------------0-------|
A-|-----------------------------2-------2--0--------------|
E-|---------------2---------------------------3-----------|
VERSE 1 (picking similar to outro without the G-riff):
Dsus2 Dsus2/F# G Dsus2
Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Pheonix;
Bm Asus2 G G
Guess you're still the sweetheart of the rodeo.
Dsus2 Dsus2/F# G Dsus2
As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit
Bm Asus2 G G
In a one-horse trailer and a mobile home.
Em Em Asus2 Asus2
And she still asks about you all the time;
Em Em Asus2 A[stop]
And I guess we never even cross your mind.
(Strum rest of song (Texts of songs ) until outro, ad lib sus2 and sus4
on the D and A chords. When there are two consecutive
bars of D as below, the bass player is emphasizing an
F# bass for the second bar.)
CHORUS
D D/F#
But, oh, sometimes I think about you,
G D
And the way you used to ride out
D D/F#
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
A Asus4 A
With the sunlight on your hair;
D D/F#
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
G D
But as for me I've come to know
D A D Dx D[stop]
Everything that glitters.... is not gold.
VERSE 2:
D D/F#
Well, old Red, he's getting older,
G D
And last Saturday he stumbled
Bm Asus2 G G
But you know I just can't bear to let him go.
D D/F#
Little Casey, she's still growing,
G D
And she's started asking questions
Bm Asus2 G G
And there's certain things a man just doesn't know.
Em Em Asus2 Asus2
Her birthday came and you never even called;
Em Em Asus2 A[stop]
I guess we never cross your mind at all.
SECOND CHORUS:
D D/F#
But then sometimes I think about you,
G D
And the way you used to ride out
D D/F#
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
A Asus4 A
With the sunlight on your hair;
D D/F#
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
G D
But as for me I've come to know
D A D Dx D
Everything that glitters.... is not gold.
BRIDGE:
Bm A G G
Everybody said you'd make it big someday,
Bm A G G
And I guess that we were only in your way.
D F#m(A?) G G
But someday, I'm sure, you're gonna know the cost;
Em Em Asus2 A[stop]
Cause for everything you win, there's something lost.
FINAL CHORUS (slowly):
D D/F#
But, oh, sometimes I think about you,
G D
And the way you used to ride out
D D/F#
In your rhinestones and your sequins,
A Asus4 A
With the sunlight on your hair;
D D/F#
And, oh, the crowd will always love you,
G D
But as for me I've come to know
D A D Dx D G Gx G
Everything that glitters.... is not gold, ooooooooh
D A[stop]
Everything that glitters........
(a cappella, chord would be D on "gold")
......... is not gold
