Neil Young - Silver and gold

#This file is the author's own work and represents # #their interpretation of the song. You may only use this# #file for private study, scholarship, or research. # Silver and Gold - Neil Young From the album Silver and Gold, 2000 Transcribed by Kieran Samuk, Feb 08/2006 All the tabs for this song I've looked at so far are bad news. Here's how to play the guitar parts in this song as it is heard on the album, with no omissions. TUNING: DADGBE INTRO This is the basic form, in reality the strumming is much more syncopated than shown. You may also wish to hit the low-D and A string's while playing this each chord to flesh them out. E|-0h2--3---2h3--3------0h2--3----0--| B|-3----2---3----3------3----2----3--| G|-2----3---2----2------2----3----2--| D|-0----0---0----0------0----0----0--| A|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--| D|-x----x---x----x------x----x----x--| VERSE -Uncle Neil uses alternating bass note strumming here, a staple of Folk guitar playing. I've included strumming direction for clarity. -For the second chord (A-Major), either fret the alternative bass note with your thumb or play the A chord with you 2nd, 3rd and 4th finger and fret the alternative bass note with your first finger. -For the G Theme Riff hammer-on, bar the second fret (strings 2,3&4) with your first finger and hammer on the third fret of the second string with your second finger and the fourth fret of the third string with your third finger. G G Theme Riff Never notice how the time slips away E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------| B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------| G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------| D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------| A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------| D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------| G G Theme Riff We got something time that will never grow old E|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------x---x-x-x---------| B|---3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3-----------2h3-2-0-2---------| G|-0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0----0-0---5-4-2-0-2---2-0-2---------| D|---0-0--0-0-0----0-0--0-0-0-----------2h4-2-0-2---------| A|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------| D|---x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x-----------x---x-x-x---------| CHORUS I don't care... D U U U U D E|--3-3-3-----3-2-3--3-3-3-----3-3-2--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-| B|--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-----2-2-2-| G|--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-----3-3-3-| D|--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-| A|--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2--x-x-x-0h2-2-2-2-| D|--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x--x-x-x-----x-x-x-| Cause our kind of love... ...old D D U U D U U D U U E|--3-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------| B|--2-2-2-x-5-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-8-8-8--0h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2--------------| G|--3-3-3-x-4-4-4-x-6-6-6-x-7-7-7--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-Let Ring-----| D|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--0h2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--------------| A|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------------| D|--x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----------x-x-x-x-----------------------------| Repeat Intro riff after chorus. That's it! -------- OVERVIEW -------- VERSE CHORUS I used to have a treasure chest Got so heavy that I had to rest I let it slip away from me Didn't need it anyway, so I let it slip away CHORUS Harmonica Solo over Verse CHORUS CHORD BREAKDOWN D xx0232 A x02220 G xx0033 GM7/B x20032 (G-Major 7 with B Root) Am* xx0453 ---| Bm* xx0675 ---|-> Triads + (optional) open D string G* xx0787 ---| Asus4 x02230