The Heart Of Gold Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays496

The Heart Of Gold by Neil Young is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro  
Em               | D     Em*       ||x2      
-----------------|-2---2-0---------| 
-------------0-0-|-3---3-0---------| 
---------0-0-0-0-|-2---2-0---------| 
-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-2-----0-2-| 
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------2-0h2-----| 
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0---------| 
 . . . . . 

Em  C  |D  G   ||x3      Em    |D  Em* || 
  (harmonica) 

verse 1 
Em          C   D           G 
 I want to live, I want to give 
Em            C           D        G 
 I've been a miner for a heart of gold 
Em              C      D         G 
 It's these expressions I never give 
Em                             G 
 That keep me searching for a heart of gold 
C                   *  G                        *(A)-3-2-0----|  
 And I'm getting old                             (E)-------3--| 

Em                        G 
 Keep me searching for a heart of gold 
C                    *  G 
 And I'm getting old 


Interlude    Em  C |D  G  ||x3       Em    |D  Em* || 
              (harmonica) 

verse 2 
Em             C        D              G 
 I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood 
Em                C            D        G 
 I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold 
Em             C      D             G 
 I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line 
Em                              G 
 That keeps me searching for a heart of gold 
C                   *  G 
 And I'm getting old 

Em                         G 
 Keeps me searching for a heart of gold 
C                    *  G 
 And I'm getting old 


Interlude    Em  C |D  G  ||x3      
              (harmonica) 



Outro   
Em                        D        Em 
 Keep me searching for a heart of gold 
Em                           D    Em 
 Keep me searching and I'm growin old 
Em                        D        Em 
 Keep me searching for a heart of gold 
Em                        G 
 I've been a miner for a heart of gold 
C                    *  G 
 And I'm getting old 
    	

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