Chords used: G,C,D.
Strumming Patt: D D D U D U D U / D D D U D U D U.
Intro: G //////// ////////
Chorus: G C G D
There's gold in the mountains, gold in the valleys
G C G D
Gold in the rivers and gold in the sea
G C G D
Fortunes are waiting for men to claim them
G C G D G
But only the heartaches are waiting for me.
G C G D
I left my home town, one warm summer evening
G C G D
Went down to the station to catch me a train
G C G D
Rode west to Missouri and into Wyoming
G C G D G
And down to California to stake my gold claim.
G C G D
It was there that I met her, the cause of my trouble
G C G D
A woman of beauty for all men to see
G C G D
She fed me dry whiskey and gave me a six gun
G C G D G
Now only the heartaches are waiting for me.
Chorus:....
G C G D
I'm so tired of fighting, for the love of this woman
G C G D
the notches on my gun are twenty and three
G C G D
So I'm leaving my lover because of my trouble
G C G D G
And only the heartaches are waiting for me.
Chorus & End.
( Tune: Streets of Laredo )