Everything That Glitters is Not Gold

Song

Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)

Dan Seals

(JB's additions/modifications to Darragh Egan's CRD transcription)

Transcription (and any errors) by jwblair@ix.netcom.com

Written by Dan Seals [Pink Pig Music (BMI)] and

Bob McDill [Polygram Int. Pub. Inc. / Ranger Bob Music (ASCAP)]

Transcribed from "Dan Seals, Greatest Hits", Liberty Records, 1991

Original single released in 1986

Capo 2

EADGBe

++++++

D 200232 (fret 6th string with thumb and pick either a D

Dsus2 200230 or an F# bass note as required for any D chord)

Dsus4 200233 (add little finger on 1st string)

Dx 200030

Bm 224432 (barre)

G 320003

G6 320030 (need not fret 5th string which isn't played)

Gx 300203

Asus2 002200

A 002220

Asus4 002230 (add little finger on 2nd string)

F#m 244222 (barre)

Intro:

Dsus2 Dsus2/F# Bm A G

e|-------0-------------0-------------2-------------3-----|
B|-----3---3---------3---3-----3-------3--2--0-----------|
G|---2-------2-----2-------2-----4-----4--2--0-0---------|
D|-0-----------0-------------0-----4-------------0-------|
A|-----------------------------2-------2--0--------------|
E|---------------2---------------------------3-----------|

VERSE 1 (picking similar to outro without the G-riff):

Dsus2 Dsus2/F# G Dsus2

Saw your picture on a poster, in a cafe out in Phoenix;

Bm Asus2 G G

Guess you're still the sweetheart of the rodeo.

Dsus2 Dsus2/F# G Dsus2

As for me and little Casey, we still make the circuit

Bm Asus2 G G

In a one-horse trailer and a mobile home.

Em Em Asus2 Asus2

And she still asks about you all the time;

Em Em Asus2 A N.C.

And I guess we never even cross your mind.

(Strum rest of song until outro, ad lib sus2 and sus4

on the D and A chords. When there are two consecutive

bars of D as below, the bass player is emphasizing an

F# bass for the second bar.)

CHORUS

D D/F#

But, oh, sometimes I think about you,

G D

And the way you used to ride out

D D/F#

In your rhinestones and your sequins,

A Asus4 A

With the sunlight on your hair;

D D/F#

And, oh, the crowd will always love you,

G D

But as for me I've come to know

D A D Dx D N.C.

Everything that glitters.... is not gold.

VERSE 2:

D D/F#

Well, old Red, he's getting older,

G D

And last Saturday he stumbled

Bm Asus2 G G

But you know I just can't bear to let him go.

D D/F#

Little Casey, she's still growing,

G D

And she's started asking questions

Bm Asus2 G G

And there's certain things a man just doesn't know.

Em Em Asus2 Asus2

Her birthday came and you never even called;

Em Em Asus2 A N.C.

I guess we never cross your mind at all.

SECOND CHORUS:

D D/F#

But then sometimes I think about you,

G D

And the way you used to ride out

D D/F#

In your rhinestones and your sequins,

A Asus4 A

With the sunlight on your hair;

D D/F#

And, oh, the crowd will always love you,

G D

But as for me I've come to know

D A D Dx D

Everything that glitters.... is not gold.

BRIDGE:

Bm A G G

Everybody said you'd make it big someday,

Bm A G G

And I guess that we were only in your way.

D F#m (A?) G G

But someday, I'm sure, you're gonna know the cost;

Em Em Asus2 A N.C.

Cause for everything you win, there's something lost.

FINAL CHORUS (slowly):

D D/F#

But, oh, sometimes I think about you,

G D

And the way you used to ride out

D D/F#

In your rhinestones and your sequins,

A Asus4 A

With the sunlight on your hair;

D D/F#

And, oh, the crowd will always love you,

G D

But as for me I've come to know

D A D Dx D G Gx G

Everything that glitters.... is not gold, ooooooooh

D A N.C.

Everything that glitters........

(a cappella, chord would be D on "gold")

......... is not gold

OUTRO (while whistling melody):

Dsus2 Dsus2/F# G6 Dsus2

e|-------0-------------0-------------0-------------0-------|
B|-----3---3---------3---3---------3---3---------3---3-----|
G|---2-------2-----2-------2-----0-------0-----2-------2---|
D|-0-----------0-------------0-------------0-0-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4-|
E|---------------2-------------3---------------------------|

Bm Asus2 G-riff

e|-------2-------------0---------------------0-------------|
B|-----3---3---------0---0---0-0-0-2-3-0-0-----3-----------|
G|---4-------4-----2-------2-0-2-0-2-4-0-0-----------------|
D|-------------4---------------------------0---------------|
A|-2-------------0-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----------------------------|

repeat and fade...