18 Karat Gold

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

And play it in this order:

Intro
D A Bm x4


D   A     Bm   G               
18 karat gold  wouldn't fill 
     A
the hole
     D         A          Bm 
The bleeding hole in her heart, 
       G                        
that's made from cicumstances at 
     A
home
         D         A          Bm 
Because they kept pulling her 
       G                  A
hair, and so it choked her words
 D         A          Bm   G    
She don't sleep at night, afraid
                  A
 to turn out the light
             D       A    Bm
And she's home
D   A   Bm x2
G   A


           D   A     Bm        G
I thought 18 karat gold would 
            A
save a lonely soul
    D         A          Bm   G 
But she don't sleep at night, 
                     A
afraid to turn out the light
        D         A          Bm  
Cause they kept pulling her hair,
G                  A
 wouldn't leave her alone
        D            A       Bm   
But if only I could read her mind 
G                  A
and release that stone



(Just strum this part, no picking)

Continues after the ad
          D                   
In her heart where the sadness 
   A   Em                     Bm
grows, I'd operate with this knife
          D               A      
And cut a big fat giant hole, to 
Em                 Bm
fill with gold and light


       F                 Am       
But there's an endless battle to 
  Dm
be won
       F                 Am
And me I ain't a man with an 
         Dm
educated mind
           F                
And soon, you won't have the 
  Am              Dm
strength to carry on
         F             Am       
D-A-Bm                (<---Pick 
"D-A-Bm")
So you scream about it in the 
night.....


(Start to pick again!)
                    D          A  
Oh, in the night ...
    Bm

                  D          A    
In the night ...
  Bm

                 D          A      
Oh, in the night ...
Bm        G       A



    D   A     Bm   G            
My 18 karat gold, it fills a 
    A
dirty hole
        D              A     Bm  
A dirty bleeding hole in my 
                G                
heart, you people think it's made 
                   A
from circumstances at home
          D                   
Well if someone ever should be 
 A            Bm            G    
pulling your hair, then I guess 
                       A
you should leave them alone
            D           A      
And now you want me to read your 
   Bm           G           A
mind and release that stone


(stop picking and strum!)

                     D             
That stone in your heart where the 
         A                 Em
sadness grows. You know I, I'd 
                    Bm
operate with this knife
           D               A      
And cut a big fat f**king hole, to
  Em                 Bm
 fill with gold and light


      F            Am             
But there's an endless battle to 
  Dm
be won
      F            Am      
And me I ain't a man with an 
           Dm
educated mind
            F               
And soon, you won't have the 
  Am               Dm
strength to carry on
         F        Am            
And so you scream about it in the 
   Dm
night


    F       Am                  Dm
There's an endless battle to be won
       F                    
And me I ain't a man with an 
  Am       Dm
educated mind
F                    Am          
You won't have the strength to 
      Dm
carry on
F               Am                D 
  A   Bm   (<--Start picking from D)
So you scream about it in the night


                    D          A  
Oh, in the night ...
    Bm

                  D          A    
In the night ...
  Bm

                 D          A      
Oh, in the night ...
Bm        G       A