Fools Gold Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

Fools Gold by Fiction Family is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, E7, Am, F, C/F, G# and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 
C - G - E7 - Am - F - G - C - C/F - C 

C                     G                C 
I found a picture of you in black and white 
F                  C        G 
Looking like Bob Dylan's disciple 
F               C          G            Am 
The only thing left is a spark in your eye 
F                 G        C - C/F - C 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Repeat verse progression 
You used to shine like the 4th of July 
Looking like a midnight revival 
To see you now is to watch a man die 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Am                  F 
Your shining like fool's gold 
Am                 F 
Shining like fool's gold 
C            G                 E7           Am 
You're out digging for what's left of our souls 
F                 G        C - C/F - C 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Repeat verse progression 
I remember when your love was full force 
You held her hand like it was a bible 
And just like last night 
I found out about your divorce 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

You used to run like a river in a flood 
Out chopping down on your idols 
Now there's a cynic, dripping in your blood 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Am                 F 
You shining like fool's gold 
Am              G# 
Shining like fool's gold 
C            G               E7             Am 
You're out digging for what's left of our souls 
F                G         C - C/F - C 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

F                        C - G 
I watched them come and go 
F                             C - G 
I watched them taking their toll 
F              Am   G      F 
Maybe rock n' roll never dies 
                  Dm 
But it sure gets old 
Am                 E7 
Yeah it sure gets old 

C                            G        C 
You swore to me that we'd always be close 
F                 C           G 
Singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah 
F               C            G          Am 
Now you casting lots for my old man's clothes 
F                G        Straight to Chorus 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Am                G# 
You shining like fool's gold 
G             F 
Shining like fool's gold 
C            G                 E7          Am 
You're out digging for what's left of our souls 
F                G         C - C/F - C 
In the ashes of rock and roll 

Shining like fool's gold 
Yeah you're shining like fool's gold 
You're out digging for what's left of our soul 
In the ashes of rock and roll 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante