The Gold Begins Key: G (capo 3

The Gold Begins
Words and Music by
CARL CARTEE, BLAKE NEESMITH,
ALAN DUKES, NATHAN TOMBERLIN
& DUSTIN DANIELS
Key: G
(capo 3rd fret)
CHORDS USED IN THIS SONG:
VERSE 1:
|Em
D
|G/B
C
|
She was born in
nineteen twenty-seven
|Em
D
|G/B
C
|
Somewhere underneath the Carolina sky
|Em
D
|G/B
C
|
Now she lied there,
one breath away from heaven
|Em
D
|G/B
C
So close to Jesus you could see Him in her eyes
CHANNEL 1:
CHORUS 1:
|G
So
|G
|C
D
|C
D
|
We stood around her waiting, and as she started fading
C
F
She smiled and with a whisper all she said was
D
|C
long.
I hear the angels singing
D
|C
Oh what a beautiful song
|G
I’ll be long
D
gone,
|C
far from where I’ve been living
|Em
D
|C
I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends
|Em
And the gold begins
VERSE 2:
|
G/B
(2nd time to CODA)
|C
|Em
|Em
D
|G/B
C
|
I was young then,
too small to understand it
|Em
D
|G/B
C
She suffered so long but she never would complain
G/B
|
Copyright © 2012 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Songs / Electra Car Publishing (BMI)
|C
|Em
D
|G/B
C
|
In her last days,
she gathered all her children
|Em
D
|G/B
C
Told us the reason she had joy inside the pain
CHANNEL 2:
|
|C
D
|C
D
|
She said, “You know I love you,
I’ll be there waiting for you
C
D
“We’ll be together soon, but until then”
Repeat CHORUS 1
CODA:
BRIDGE:
|G
And the gold begins,
F
F
When this world starts shaking
nd
2 time:
C
|G
the gold begins
D
|C
and my heart starts breaking
C
D
|C
long.
I hear the angels singing
D
|C
Oh what a beautiful song
|G
I’ll be long
1st time:
|C
C
Can’t wait until day when I’ll be saying
|G
CHORUS 2: So
|G
D
D
gone,
|C
far from where I’ve been living
|Em
D
|C
I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends
Repeat CHORUS 2
|Em
D
|C
I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends
|Em
D
|C
I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends
|Em
D
|C
I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends
OUTRO:
||:G
D
|C
|G
|N.C.
and the gold begins
D
|C
:|| G