After the Gold Rush

Dolly Parton

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V iii

Verse 1

       D                            G
Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
       D                 G
Saying something about a king
           D                    A
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
        G                A
And the archer split the tree
            Bm              C
There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
         G               C
That was floating on the breeze
D                     A
Look at mother nature on the run
       C                  G
In the twenty-first century
D                     A
Look at mother nature on the run
       C                  G
In the twenty-first century

Verse 2

      D                     G
I was lying in a burned out basement
         D               G
With the full moon in my eyes
D                A
I was hoping for replacement
         G                     A
When the sun burst through the sky
            Bm           C
There was a band playing in my head
      G                 C
And I felt like I could cry
      D                     A
I was thinking about what a friend had said
      C               G
I was hoping it was a lie
D                     A
Thinking about what a friend had said
      C               G
I was hoping it was a lie

Verse 3

       D                         G
Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flyin'
       D                 G
In the yellow haze of the sun
            D                    A
There were laughing, crying and colors flying
    G                 A
All around the chosen one
         Bm          C              G           C
All in a dream, all in a dream, the loading had begun
D                      A                C              G
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
D                      A                C
Flying mother nature's silver seed to a new home