The Gold Begins Words and Music by CARL CARTEE, BLAKE NEESMITH, ALAN DUKES, NATHAN TOMBERLIN & DUSTIN DANIELS Key: G (capo 3rd fret) CHORDS USED IN THIS SONG: VERSE 1: |Em D |G/B C | She was born in nineteen twenty-seven |Em D |G/B C | Somewhere underneath the Carolina sky |Em D |G/B C | Now she lied there, one breath away from heaven |Em D |G/B C So close to Jesus you could see Him in her eyes CHANNEL 1: CHORUS 1: |G So |G |C D |C D | We stood around her waiting, and as she started fading C F She smiled and with a whisper all she said was D |C long. I hear the angels singing D |C Oh what a beautiful song |G I’ll be long D gone, |C far from where I’ve been living |Em D |C I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends |Em And the gold begins VERSE 2: | G/B (2nd time to CODA) |C |Em |Em D |G/B C | I was young then, too small to understand it |Em D |G/B C She suffered so long but she never would complain G/B | Copyright © 2012 Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Songs / Electra Car Publishing (BMI) |C |Em D |G/B C | In her last days, she gathered all her children |Em D |G/B C Told us the reason she had joy inside the pain CHANNEL 2: | |C D |C D | She said, “You know I love you, I’ll be there waiting for you C D “We’ll be together soon, but until then” Repeat CHORUS 1 CODA: BRIDGE: |G And the gold begins, F F When this world starts shaking nd 2 time: C |G the gold begins D |C and my heart starts breaking C D |C long. I hear the angels singing D |C Oh what a beautiful song |G I’ll be long 1st time: |C C Can’t wait until day when I’ll be saying |G CHORUS 2: So |G D D gone, |C far from where I’ve been living |Em D |C I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends Repeat CHORUS 2 |Em D |C I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends |Em D |C I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends |Em D |C I’ve finally reached the place the gravel ends OUTRO: ||:G D |C |G |N.C. and the gold begins D |C :|| G