Golden Age Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

Golden Age by Michael Patrick Kelly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#m, D, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
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Intro: E F#m D A 

verse 1 
E                        F#m          D                        A 
I got a hold and I won't let go of it again No I'm not looking back 

E                         F#m                D                    A 
We had our reasons for losing touch But I know we used to like to complain 

Pre-Chorus 
E                F#m                  D                    A 
Come down to the rocks where we would bathe in the river's arms 

E                 F#m          D 
Come down, we can talk, we can talk like 

E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
            D               A 
There was a light upon everyone 
E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
         D                  A 
We were alive in the summer sun 

E    F#m 
Tonight 
D                   A 
Take me to a golden age 
E F#m D A 
Tonight 

verse 2 
E               F#m                      D                         A 
I got a feeling inside, it's never going away the future is coming back 
E                     F#m                   D                         A 
I'm in a movie where everybody is frozen in time and getting ready to dance 

Pre-Chorus 
E                F#m                  D                  A 
Come down to the rocks where we would bask in the summer sun 
E                 F#m          D 
Come down, we can talk, we can talk like 

E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
            D               A 
There was a light upon everyone 
E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
         D                  A 
We were alive in the summer sun 

E    F#m 
Tonight 
D                   A 
Take me to a golden age 
E F#m D A 
Tonight 

Bridge 
Bm      F#m     D                   A 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh    Like when we were young 
Bm      F#m     D                      A 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh    Waiting for a golden age 
E       F#m     D                   A 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh    Like when we were young 
E       F#m               D 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh  We should talk like 

E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
            D               A 
There was a light upon everyone 
E 
When we were young 
     F#m 
When we were young 
         D                  A 
We were alive in the summer sun 

E    F#m 
Tonight 
D                   A 
Take me to a golden age 
E F#m D A 
Tonight 

Outro 
E   F#m    D                   A 
Ohhhhhhhhh   Like when we were young 
E   F#m    D                     A 
Ohhhhhhhhh   I can feel a golden age 
E   F#m    D                  A 
Tonight     Like when we were young 
E   F#m    D                A 
Tonight     I can feel a golden age 
    	

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