Yusuf Islam - Gold digger
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Artist: Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens)
Title: Gold Digger
Album: Tell 'Em I'm Gone
Special thanks to J180Everly on youtube for a great "how to" for this song.
The fill riffs are pretty easy to figure out if you watch his video.
[Intro:]
Bm ////// G //
Hey Mr. Gold Man!
Bm Where's my pay? G
Bm Hmmm Mr. Gold Man! G
Bm Not one more day. G
Bm G F# ////////
Misterrrrr! Can't you hear my children cryin’?
[Verse 1:]
Bm //// G ////
Came to Pretoria in ’46,
Bmto find myself a jobF#.
BmMet a man with a broken Garm, he said:
C#mCome along withG#7 us, Bmget onto the F#bus.
[Chorus 1:]
BmHey Mr. GGold Man! DI'm F#for saBmle!
BmHey Mr. GGold Man! DPlease don't F#turn awBmay.
Bm
Hey MGr. Gold MaDn! CanF#'t youBm hear my tummyG rumbliF#ng?
[Verse 2:]
BmSo we continued down the roaF#d,
Bmtill we got to the minGe.
BmDirt and dust all around us noGw.
C#mHey! I didn't G#7mind, Bmcause I'm on the F#workline. Oh!
[Chorus 2:]
BmHey Mr. GGold Man! DWhere's F#my pBmay?
BmOh Mr. GGold Man! DCan't wait aF#nother Bmday.
BmOh Mr. GGold Man! DCan't F#you Bmsee I'm almost Gdying? F#
[Verse 3:]
BmThen I heard a good friend saF#y:
Bm“There's a happening in TF#own”
BmCome and join the Union, boGy.
C#m'Cause today, we ain't going dG#7own, Bmwe're gonna stand our gF#round.
[Chorus 3:]
BmHey Mr. GGold Man! DWhere's F#my pBmay?
Bm
Oh MGr. Gold MaDn! Won't waiF#t anotheBmr day.
BmOh Mr. GGold Man! DCan't yF#ou hBmear the thunder cGoming? F# Ohhhhh!
[Chorus 4:]
BmHey Mr. GGold Man! DLoose tF#hese cBmhains.
BmTime Mr. GGold Man! DChange is onF# its Bmway.
Bm
Go MGr. Gold MaDn! Don'F#t comBme back, this is mGy countrF#y now