Fools Gold on Main Street by Simon Joyner CHORDS USED: EADGbe C/G: 332010 F: 133211 G: 32000x Em: 02200x Intro bit e|--------------------------1--| b|---------------0----0h1---1--| G|---------------2----2-----2--| D|---0h2----3------------------| A|3----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| then it goes straight into it- listen to how he plays the C/G chord in the song (3rd fret on A string then 3rd fret on the E string) C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Fool's gold on Main St. from stop signs to dangling telephones C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) GChildren (320003@1)delivering newspapers, all the grotesque and the hum-drum F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) I used not to worry but now it's all I do F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) I used to be in a hurry but now I'm dragging both my boots F (133211@1) G (320003@1) F* Wondering how to get from Main to Meadoooooooooooooow *With that F chord it goes something like (it can be played in a couple variations different from this one): F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/G(back to the verse) e|---------------------------------------| b|---0-0h1p0------------------0-0h1p0----| G|2--2-2-----0-------------2--2-2-----0--| D|3----------2----0--0h2p0-3----------2--| A|3------------------------3----------3--| E|---------------------------------------| Listen to the song to get this bit right C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/GFrom (3x555x@1)fisherman to fish to butcher, the struggle is never ending C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) FYou (133211@1)can put your life down on paper but it's not the same as swimming C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FI (133211@1)dropped a hint and you were kind enough to retrieve it F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) You asked me where the trouble was and you were sweet enough to believe it G (320003@1) F* But it was such a sad lie I had to whisper C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/GWhat (3x555x@1)happened to Blake and Eric, Douglas, Phil and Amanda? C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) FWhat (133211@1)happened to Jennifer the Great, who loved me before anyone? C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FThey're (133211@1)flying into the ground or walking high around my city C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FWhile (133211@1)my head is just some town you wouldn't want to visit G (320003@1) F* It's crowded and the people all look ghostly C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/GFool's (3x555x@1)gold on Main St., shuffling through orphan trash C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) GThe (320003@1)birds search for the sun at their feet in every crumb of shattered glass F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FI (133211@1)slipped on holy blinders as if I could turn my body in C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FIf (133211@1)I'm guilty when I despair, will hope make me innocent again G (320003@1) F* Or will it only get me through this winter? C/G (3x555x@1) F (133211@1) C/GThere (3x555x@1)are neon invitations where shameless billboards babble F (133211@1) GYou (320003@1)belong to nothing at all now since your pockets have unraveled F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FYour (133211@1)soul is just a drop of the dream we collected with pans in the stream C/G (3x555x@1) Em (022000@1) FThe (133211@1)streets of heaven are lined with it and the streets of heaven are clean G (320003@1) F* But everything you'll ever touch is dirty Keep on playing the F to C/G chord progression and end on C/G
