Band of Gold

Band Of Gold:Don Cherry.
#4 on Billboard POP Chart on
COLUMBIA Records in 1955.
 
 
 
 
INTRO:
 A       F#m         D               E
(Baa-baa-ba-baa-baa..baa-baa-baa-baa-ba)
 A        F#m         F    E
(baa-baa..ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba..)
 
 
#1.
A          E      F#m      E     Bm
I've never wanted wealth untold, my life
    F#m A
has one design.
E               A            E
A simple little band of gold to prove
             A    D E
that you are mine.
 
 
#2.
E                       A              E
Don't want the world to have and hold, for
               A
fame is not my line.
A    D             A             E
Just want a little band of gold, to prove
             A    D E A
that you are mine.
 
 
 
BRIDGE:

          E          A   F#m       B     Abm
Some sail away to Araby, and other lands of
   A
mystery.
F#m         B       Em        A    F#m  A
But all the wonders that they see, will never
E     B  E
tempt me.
 
 
#3.
E     C#   E        A         F#m  A   E
Their memories will soon grow cold but til
           A
the end of time.
A        E           A       F#m   E
There'll be a little band of gold, to prove
             A
that you are mine.
 
 
 
#4.
F    Eb       F       Bb       Gm    Eb
Don't want the world to have and hold, for
F             Gm
fame is not my line.
Bb   Eb            Bb   Gm Cm   F Cm
Just want a little band of gold..to prove
     F      Bb
that you are mine.
 
 
 
OUTRO:
 Bb         Gm       Eb              F
(Baa-baa-ba-baa-baa..baa-baa-baa-baa-ba)
 Bb                Cm   F    Bb
(baa-baa..ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba..)
 D    F# Bb
(band of gold.)
 
 
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
 
 
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