Late Great Golden State Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays462

Late Great Golden State by Billy Bob Thornton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F#m, E and Bm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO: A  D  A  F#m  E  A 
 
       A          D      A 
In the late great Golden State 
             F#m       E   A      
It's getting hard to negotiate 
                            D    A 
When you're one slip from a grim fate 
       F#m         E       A 
In the late great Golden State 
 
 
INTRO 
 
       A          D      A 
In the late great Golden State 
  F#m                   E      A 
I don't do much but I'm always late 
                          D      A 
Now I ain't old, I'm just out of date 
       F#m        E      A 
In the late great Golden State 
 
 
BRIDGE: 
         F#m              E          D 
I caught one last glimpse of the palimino 
       F#m            E                 D 
When I drove out west to see the purple sage 
             F#m         E               F#m           E   
Then as the, the canyons burned and the, the mountains crumbled 
    Bm7                       E 
The last cowboy band left the stage 
 
    A                     D      A 
Now I ain't old, I'm just out of date 
       F#m        E      A 
In the late great Golden State 
 
 
INTRO 
 
 
BRIDGE 
 
         A          D      A 
Yeah the late great Golden State 
     F#m              E     A 
Is a nice place for a clean slate 
                            D      A 
But leave your expectations at the gate 
       F#m        E      A 
Of the late great Golden State 
 
                A                        D         A 
'Cause they can pack you up and send you home in a crate 
            F#m        E      A 
Stamped the late great Golden State 
              F#m        E      A 
Yeah it's the late great Golden State 
 
 
INTRO out  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante