Death Cab for Cutie - Gold Rush: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Gold Rush" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
F (Gold rush) Digging for gold in my neighborhood D#/F (Gold rush) Where all the old buildings stood A#/F (Gold rush) And they keep digging it down and down F (Gold rush) So that the cars can live underground F (Gold rush) The swinging of a wrecking ball D#/F (Gold rush) Through these lath and plaster walls A#/F (Gold rush) Is letting all the shadows free F (Gold rush) The ones I wish still followed me Chorus: F/A A# Change (followed me, followed me) F Please don't change F/A A# Stay (followed me, followed me) F Stay the same (Gold rush) I remember a winter's night (Gold rush) We kissed beneath the street lamp light (Gold rush) Outside our bar near the record store (Gold rush) That have been condos for a year and more (Gold rush) Now that our haunts have taken flight (Gold rush) And been replaced with construction sites (Gold rush) Oh, how I feel like a stranger here (Gold rush) Searching for something that's disappeared (Gold rush) Digging for gold in my neighborhood (Gold rush) For what they say is the greater good (Gold rush) But all I see is a long goodbye (Gold rush) A requiem for a skyline (Gold rush) It seems I never stopped losing you (Gold rush) As every dive becomes something new (Gold rush) And all our ghosts get swept away (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Chorus: (Change) Be this way, be this way (Please don't change) (Stay) Be this way, be this way (Stay the same) (Cranes) Be this way, be this way (Devour the light) (Strange) Be this way, be this way (Appetite) Fsus4 And I've ascribed these monuments F A false sense of permanence Fsus4 I've placed faith in geography F To hold you in my memory Fsus4 (Gold rush) I'm sifting through these wreckage piles F (Gold rush) Through the rubble of bricks and wires Csus4 (Gold rush) Looking for something I'll never find (Gold rush) Looking for something I'll never find (Gold rush) Digging for gold in my neighborhood (Gold rush) Where all the old buildings stood (Gold rush) And they keep digging it down and down (Gold rush) So that their cars can live underground (Gold rush) It seems I never stopped losing you (Gold rush) As every dive becomes something new (Gold rush) And all our ghosts get swept away (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Change (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Please don't change (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Stay, stay the same (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Stay the same (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way (Gold rush) It didn't use to be this way Change (Gold rush) (Gold rush) Please don't change (Gold rush) (Gold rush) Stay (Gold rush) (Gold rush) Stay the same You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  Csus4  F  Fsus4  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Gold Rush" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Gold Rush" by Death Cab for Cutie.