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Silver and Gold - Neil Young
From the album Silver and Gold, 2000
Transcribed by Kieran Samuk, Feb 08/2006
All the tabs for this song I've looked at so far are bad news. Here's how to play
the guitar parts in this song as it is heard on the album, with no omissions.
TUNING: DADGBE
INTRO
This is the basic form, in reality the strumming is much more syncopated than shown.
You may also wish to hit the low-D and A string's while playing this each chord to
flesh them out.
E|-0h2--3---2h3--3------0h2--3----0--|
B|-3----2---3----3------3----2----3--|
G|-2----3---2----2------2----3----2--|
D|-0----0---0----0------0----0----0--|
A|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--|
D|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--|
VERSE
-Uncle Neil uses alternating bass note strumming here, a staple of Folk guitar
playing. I've included strumming direction for clarity.
-For the second chord (A-Major), either fret the alternative bass note with your
thumb or play the A chord with you 2nd, 3rd and 4th finger and fret the alternative
bass note with your first finger.
-For the G Theme Riff hammer-on, bar the second fret (strings 2,3&4) with your first
finger and hammer on the third fret of the second string with your second finger and
the fourth fret of the third string with your third finger.
D A
Working hard every day
D D U D D U
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|---2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
G|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|---x-x--0-x-x----x-x--0-x-x--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0-|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x--2-x-x----x-x--2-x-x-|
G G Theme Riff
Never notice how the time slips away
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------|
B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------|
G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------|
D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------|
A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/n/neil-young/129799.html ]
D A
People come, seasons go
D D U D D U
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|---2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
G|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|---x-x--0-x-x----x-x--0-x-x--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0-|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x--2-x-x----x-x--2-x-x-|
G G Theme Riff
We got something time that will never grow old
E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------|
B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------|
G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------|
D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------|
A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------|
CHORUS
I don't care...
D U U U U D
E|--3-3-3-----3-2-3--3-3-3-----3-3-2--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
B|--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2-|
G|--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
D|--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-|
A|--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2-|
D|--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-|
Cause our kind of love... ...old
D D U U D U U D U U
E|--3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------|
B|--2-2-2-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-8-8-8--0h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2--------------|
G|--3-3-3-x-4-4-4-x-6-6-6-x-7-7-7--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-Let Ring-----|
D|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--------------|
A|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------|
D|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------x-x-x-x-----------------------------|
Repeat Intro riff after chorus.
That's it!
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OVERVIEW
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VERSE
D A
Working hard every day
G (G Theme Riff)
Never notice how the time slips away
D A
People come, seasons go
G (G Theme Riff)
We got something that will never grow old
CHORUS
D GM7/B D GM7/B
I don't care if the sun don't shine
D GM7/B D GM7/B
And the rain comes pourin' down on me and mine
D Am* Bm* G* Asus4 A
Cause our kind of love never seems to get old
(Silence) D (Intro Riff)
It's better than silver and gold
I used to have a treasure chest
Got so heavy that I had to rest
I let it slip away from me
Didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away
CHORUS
Harmonica Solo over Verse
CHORUS
CHORD BREAKDOWN
D xx0232
A x02220
G xx0033
GM7/B x20032 (G-Major 7 with B Root)
Am* xx0453 ---|
Bm* xx0675 ---|-> Triads + (optional) open D string
G* xx0787 ---|
Asus4 x02230
