Isaac Graham - When I Find Gold

      “When I Find Gold” by Isaac Graham

Chords: Em (022000), G (320003), D (xx0232), C (x32010)
Capo V

Intro: Em, G, Em, G

       Em                        G
He was born on the steps of the rum hospital
       Em                             G
As the rains flowed down veins of Macquarie Street
    Em         D        G           C(4x)
His mother, exhausted, died in her sleep
       Em             D             G(4x)
It was September fourteen eighteen twenty-eight

       Em                                   G
And on George Street that evening, as John Brodie was born,
Em                               G
Three men dug a tunnel into the Bank of Australia
      Em           D           G        C(4x)
A considerable sensation was excited in town
                                D            G(4x)
John lost his mother while the bank lost its pounds

             C              D         G
When he was twenty-three he moved to Ballarat
                 C          D                       G
Looking for the gold and a pretty girl to have his children
    Em               D                Em
But all he found was bureaucrats and taxes
                 C             D            G
Yeah well, they say we need a license to be rich

Instrumental: Em, G, Em, G

         Em                                         G
And they sent the troops from Melbourne with their sniders
     Em                                      G
They aimed their guns at good men and decent folk
    Em                D              G              C(4x)
And when that bastard Bentley killed Scobie in cold blood
C                                D            G(4x)
We kept warm that night from the ashes of his hotel

              Em                               G
And you could feel the hate and greed in the miasma
        Em                                         G
Lord, I heard they killed that boy that played the drums
       Em     D         G                  C(4x)
But on Bakery Hill the Southern Cross flew high
C                                             D                  G(4x)
But John Brodie lost his life before he could see that blue flag fly

     C                  D                  G
His heart skipped a beat when the bullet hit
         C                      D               G
And the blood spilled from his chest onto the ground
     C            D        Em
And as he lay in agony he stared up at the clouds
        C            D             G
And he whispered to himself as he died


He said,
      G                C              D
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
“When I find gold, oh, I’m gonna be a better man
     G                  C                     D
When I find gold, yeah, we'll settle down and buy some land
     G                C                 D
When I find gold, oh, I'll put a ring upon your hand
     G                C               D
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man
     G                C              D               G
When I find gold, oh, I'm gonna be a better man for sure.”