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Heart of Gold - Neil Young

I don't know who originally wrote this, I just added the riff after "old."
I got this from the book "Neil Youn for Guitar" or something like that.
The intro is an Em strum with a brief D:
(This may actually be A Em7)
Repeat twice:
Em Em
/
/
/
/
e
B
G
D
A
E

Em
/

Em
/

Em
/

Em
/

D
/

(each / represents a beat)

D
/

Em
/

--------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-2-------2---0-----------------|
--------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-3-------3---0-----------------|
--------0---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-------0-2----2--|
0-------0---0---0---0---0---0-|-------------0-----------------|

[Harmonica intro]
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
D
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
C
G
And I'm getting old
Em
G
D
Keep me searching for a heart of gold
C
(riff) G
And I'm getting old
Riff
-----------3----------------------------0----------------------------0----------------------------0-------------------3--2--0--2----------------------------3-----------------[Harmonica solo]
[Repeat intro Em-D pattern]
Em
I've
Em
I've
Em
I've
Em
That
C

C
D
G
been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood
C
D
G
crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
C
D
G
been in my mind, it's such a fine line
G
D
keeps me searching for a heart of gold
riff G

And I'm getting old


[Harmonica solo]
Em
Keep me searching for
Em
You keep me searching
Em
Keep me searching for
Em
I've been a miner for
C
G
[end]

D
Em
a heart of gold
D
Em
and I'm getting old
D
Em
a heart of gold
G
D
a heart of gold

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