Biography:
Slaid Cleaves (born Richard Slaid Cleaves on June 9, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in South Berwick, Maine and Round Pond, Maine.
Slaid Cleaves’ music is marked by both the quirky blend of isolated eccentricity and steely resilience of his Yankee upbringing and the weathered soul of Texas, the state he has called home for over a decade now. First registering on the national folk scene by winning the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk competition in 1992
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Other songs:
- Broken Down
- Drinkin' Days
- One Good Year
- Another Kind Of Blue
- Beautiful Thing
- Below
- Beyond Love
- Black T
- Borderline
- Breakfast In Hell
- Bring It On
- Broke Down
- Call It Sleep
- Cold And Lonely
- Cry
- Dance Around The Fire
- Dreams
- Drinkin Days
- Fairest Of Them All
- Flowered Dresses
- Getaway Car
- Go For The Gold
- Gods Own Yodeler
- Gone
- Green Mountains And Me
- Hard To Believe
- Hickory
- Hometown Usa
- Horses
- Horshoe Lounge
- I Bet She Does
- If I Had A Heart
- In The Rain
- Junkyard
- Key Chain
- Lydia
- Millionaire
- New Years Day
- No Angel Knows
- Not Going Down
- November Skies
- Oh Roberta
- Primer Gray
- Quick As Dreams
- Rust Belt Fields
- Sinners Prayer
- Song For June
- Still Fighting The War
- Temporary
- Texas Love Song
- This Morning I Was Born Again
- Tiger Tom Dixons Blues
- Tumbleweed Stew
- Twistin
- Voice Of Midnight
- Whim Of Iron
- Wishbone
- Without Her
- Working Stiff
- You Dont Have To Tell Me
- Youre A Mean One Mr Grinch
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Slaid Cleaves - Go For The Gold
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: D A7 D
G
There's only one rule that you must heed
D A7
It conquers fear, hatred and greed
D G
It trumps all others, your soul to feed
D A7 D
There's only one rule you'll ever need
N.C. D G
You could be Hindu, you may be Sikh
D A7
It makes no difference what tongue you speak
D G
You could pray to Allah, or be an Atheist
D A7 D D7
You will be righteous, if you remember this
CHORUS:
G D
It ain't the silver, it ain't the bronze
A A7
It's the foundation that all rests upon
D G
No precious metal will save your soul
D A7
But if you seek glory
N.C. D
Go for the gold
INSTRUMENTAL: D G D A7 D G D A7 D
N.C. D G
Some so-called Christians, from time to time
D A7
Forget this rule and become blind
D G
They use their church to try and separate
D A7 D D7
When it's common ground that can make us great
BRIDGE:
G
Forget those silly little laws
D
That thou shalt not, days of the week
E
How to dress, who stoned who
A A7
What you can and cannot eat
N.C. D G
When you go home now, remember, please
D A7
To count your blessings, down on your knees
D G
And make a promise, to do the best you can
D A7 D D7
To even be a friend to your fellow man
CHORUS:
G D
It ain't the silver, it ain't the bronze
A A7
It doesn't matter what team you're on
N.C. D G
No precious metal will save your soul
D A7
But if you seek glory
N.C. D
Go for the gold
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: D A7 D
G
There's only one rule that you must heed
D A7
It conquers fear, hatred and greed
D G
It trumps all others, your soul to feed
D A7 D
There's only one rule you'll ever need
N.C. D G
You could be Hindu, you may be Sikh
D A7
It makes no difference what tongue you speak
D G
You could pray to Allah, or be an Atheist
D A7 D D7
You will be righteous, if you remember this
CHORUS:
G D
It ain't the silver, it ain't the bronze
A A7
It's the foundation that all rests upon
D G
No precious metal will save your soul
D A7
But if you seek glory
N.C. D
Go for the gold
INSTRUMENTAL: D G D A7 D G D A7 D
N.C. D G
Some so-called Christians, from time to time
D A7
Forget this rule and become blind
D G
They use their church to try and separate
D A7 D D7
When it's common ground that can make us great
BRIDGE:
G
Forget those silly little laws
D
That thou shalt not, days of the week
E
How to dress, who stoned who
A A7
What you can and cannot eat
N.C. D G
When you go home now, remember, please
D A7
To count your blessings, down on your knees
D G
And make a promise, to do the best you can
D A7 D D7
To even be a friend to your fellow man
CHORUS:
G D
It ain't the silver, it ain't the bronze
A A7
It doesn't matter what team you're on
N.C. D G
No precious metal will save your soul
D A7
But if you seek glory
N.C. D
Go for the gold
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