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Golden Years - Tutorial

Table of Contents

  1. Song Audio (YouTube)
  2. Song Lyrics and Chords
  3. Keyboard
  4. Bass Tab
  5. Guitar Tab

YouTube Song Audio

Song Form

SONG FORM

INTRO riff

INTRO GOLDEN RIFF (x3)
VERSE 1
PRE CHORUS 1

VERSE 2
PRE CHORUS 2 short
CHORUS 1

BRIDGE 
PRE CHORUS 3

VERSE 3
PRE CHORUS 4
CHORUS 2

INTRO GOLDEN RIFF


Song Lyrics and Chords

A#dim = 6x565x
E7#9 = "the hendrix chord" 07678x or xx2133

[MAIN RIFF]

(played whenever there is an F#-E progression)

    F#              E                 F#              E
e|-----------------------------------------------2------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------2------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------3------------------|
D|---------------------------(0)-0---------------4--------4------2--|
A|--4---(4)(4)(4)---2----0h2----------4---(4)(4)------4h6----2h4----|
E|--0h2--2--2--2----0-----------------0h2--2--2---------------------|

                            


(w/MAIN RIFF):

F#     E      F#  E             F#   E
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop

VERSE 1
F#           E             
Don't let me hear you say life's 
F#          E       F#   E 
Taking you nowhere, angel
F#             E
(Come get up my baby)
F#                E
Look at that sky, life's begun
F#                      E        F#   E
Nights are warm and the days are young
F#             E
(Come get up my baby)

PRE CHORUS 1
D                Bm
There's my baby, lost that's all
D                     Bm             F#   E
Once I'm begging you, save her little soul
F#     E      F#  E             F#   E
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
F#          E
(Come get up my baby)

VERSE 2
Last night they loved you 
Opening doors and pulling some strings, angel
(Come get up my baby)
In walked luck and you looked in time
Never look back, walk tall, act fine
(Come get up my baby)

PRE CHORUS 2
     D              Bm7        D         Bm7
I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years

CHORUS 1
G               C                 A       A#dim    Bm7  Em7#9
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years....     gold
F#     E      F#  E             F#   E
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
F#          E
(Come get up my baby)


BRIDGE 1
One of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car, twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day,
I believe oh lord, I believe all the way (Come get up my baby)
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years


PRE CHORUS 3
  D              Bm7
There's my baby, lost that's all
  D                    Bm7            F#    E
Once I'm begging you, save her little soul
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
(Come get up my baby)


VERSE 3
Don't let me hear you say life's 
Taking you nowhere, angel
(Come get up my baby)
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years


PRE CHORUS 4
     D              Bm7        D         Bm7
I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years

CHORUS 2
G               C                 A       A#dim    Bm7  Em7#9
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold


INTRO GOLDEN RIFF
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop......


  [Fill]

e|---------------------|
B|--12---11---9--------|  This fill is played mostly during
G|--11---11---9--------|  the outro chorus (but at a few other
D|---------------------|  places too) with some minor variations
A|---------------------|  and ad-libs each time.
E|---------------------|



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| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
 
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Keyboards

Bass

Bass Tab
Play nothing for the initial guitar riff,
then play this first high note for 8 counts
|-9~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~---|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|

Intro/Verse (quarter notes)
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----------|-2-----2-----|
|----2-----2--|----2--0--2--|----2-----2--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4-----4-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
|----4-----4--|----2-----2--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|

               (mid verse turn)
|-------------|(-------------|)
|-2-----2-----|(-2-----------|)
|----2-----2--|(----2--0--2--|)
|-------------|(-------------|)


CHORUS
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4-----4-----|-------4--7--|-4-----4-----|-------4--7--|
|----4-----4--|-5--7--------|----4-----4--|-5--7--------|

|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-4--6--4-----|
|-4-----4-----|-------4--7--|----------4--|
|----4-----4--|-5--7--------|-------------|

|-------------|-------------|
|-7--6--4-----|-------------|
|----------7--|-5--4--------|
|-------------|-------7--5--|




Guitar

GUITAR Tab






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