Jason Milligan - Silver And Gold Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 “Silver and Gold” Key of G

Intro

 Recorded) G-C repeated during reading into - Intro (Live) G-C-G-C-Am 4 Times

Verse 1

 Charlie stood Gat the back of the Salvation Army line

C G (G D G C)

where he’d go each Saturday for food.

GSome call him hopeless, but he was Emonly homeless, and he tried to do his beAmst to

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make it through.

 They would gather rouGnd the fire from of the trashcan in the wintertime,

C G (G A D C)

and listen to the stories he would share.

 He would tell tGhem ‘bout a Savior and a place that he calledEm Heaven,

Am D – Dsus2

and a mansion that was waiting for him there.

 They would all ask hiEmm why he lived such a life, Am

 and they wondeCred how he’d make it. Bm7

 But, he’d just smile andEm say, “One day I met Jesus ChriGst, and He gives me strength C

 to taDke it.”

Chorus

CSilver and gold Ghave I nDone. But I’ve got all I Am7need and that’s God’s only Son.G

G C D G D Am

 I haEmve for-giveness for all of my sin, a peace and joy that will never end.

(Em D) C Am

He’s building me a home where milk and honey flow.

C D C G – into intro –C-G-C-Am 4 Times

So for right now I can live without silver and gold.

Verse 2

 All the Ghomeless people gathered at the Salvation Army line

C G (G D G C)

one Saturday but Charlie didn’t show.

 The police dGepartment found him by a dumpster in an alley Em

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and they buried him discretely as John Doe.

 No attendaGnce at his funeral and no family there to say good-bye.

C G (G A D C)

No one even knew that he was dead.

 They never noticGed he was missing and though they’ve forgottEmen Charlie.

 They stiAmll remember all the things he saDid.

Chorus

Bridge

 They would all askEm him why he lived such a liAmfe.

 It was more Cthan they could imagine. Bm7

 But he’d just smileEm and say,

G C

 “One day I’ll Dsee Jesus Christ and I’ll trade this cardboard box for a mansion.”

Chorus

CSilver and gold Ghave I nDone. But I’ve got all I Am7need and that’s God’s only Son.G

G C D G D Am

 I haEmve for-giveness for all of my sin, a peace and joy that will never end.

(Em D) C Am

He’s building me a home where milk and honey flow.

CSo for right now I can live withouDt D D D E

Chorus

Repeated for recorded version)

DSilver and gold Ahave I nEone. But I’ve got all I Bm7need and that’s God’s only Son.A

A D E A E Bm

 I haF♯mve for-giveness for all of my sin, a peace and joy that will never end.

(F♯m E) D Bm

He’s building me a home where milk and honey flow.

DSo for right now I can live withouEt....

Chorus

Live)

DSilver and gold Ahave I nEone. But I’ve got all I Bm7need and that’s God’s only Son.A

A D E A E Bm

 I haF♯mve for-giveness for all of my sin, a peace and joy that will never end.

(F♯m E)D Bm

He’s building me a home where milk and honey flow.

D E D A – into intro –D-A-D-Bm 4 Times

So for right now I can live without silver and gold

Jason Milligan