After the Goldrush Chords
by Neil Young
After the Goldrush by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G
1. Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armour coming,
D G
sayin' something about a queen.
D A
There where peasants singin' and drummers drummin',
G A
and the archer split the tree.
Bm C G C
There was a fanfare blowin' to the sun, that was floating on the breeze.
D A C G
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.
D A C G
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.
D G D G
2. I was lying in a burned out basement, with a full moon in my eye.
D A G A
I was hoping for replacement, when the sun burst through the sky.
Bm C G C
There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high.
D A C G
I was thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie.
D A C G
Thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie.
D G
3. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver Space ships flying
D G
In the yellow haze of the sun,
D A G A
There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones.
Bm C G C
All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun.
D A C G
They were flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
D A C
Flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home.