All the Gold in California

by Gatlin Brothers – Key of [four choices]

This song was written while Larry was in a traffic jam in Los Angeles; the song goes on to warn the listener that all the gold in the state “is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else’s name” and that attempting to make it big in California carries a risk of failure that could personally devastate one’s resolve. On January 19, 1985, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band sang the song at the nationally televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

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[CHORUS]

Trying to be a hero, winding up a [G] zero,
Can [D] scar a man forever, right down to your [A] soul, Living on the [D] spotlight, can kill a man [G] outright, Cause [D] everything that [A] glitters is not [D] gold,

[CHORUS] All the gold in Cali-[G]-fornia is in a [D] bank in the middle of Beverly Hills, in somebody else’s [A] name. So if you’re [D] dreamin’ about Cali-[G]-fornia, it don’t [D] matter at all where you played before, Cali-[D]-fornia’s a brand new [G] game.

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[CHORUS] All the gold in Cali-[A]-fornia is in a [E] bank in the middle of Beverly Hills, in somebody else’s [B] name. So if you’re [E] dreamin’ about Cali-[A]-fornia, it don’t [E] matter at all where you played before, Cali-[E]-fornia’s a brand new [A] game.