“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
G
Charlie stood at the back of the Salvation Army line
C G (G D G C)
where he’d go each Saturday for food.
G Em Am
Some call him hopeless, but he was only homeless, and he tried to do his best to
D – Dsus2
make it through.
G
They would gather round the fire from of the trashcan in the wintertime,
C G (G A D C)
and listen to the stories he would share.
G Em
He would tell them ‘bout a Savior and a place that he called Heaven,
Am D – Dsus2
and a mansion that was waiting for him there.
Em Am
They would all ask him why he lived such a life,
C Bm7
and they wondered how he’d make it.
Em G C
But, he’d just smile and say, “One day I met Jesus Christ, and He gives me strength
D
to take it.”
Chorus
C G D Am7 G
Silver and gold have I none. But I’ve got all I need and that’s God’s only Son.
G C D G D Am
Em
I have 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
G
All the homeless people gathered at the Salvation Army line
C G (G D G C)
one Saturday but Charlie didn’t show.
G Em
The police department found him by a dumpster in an alley
Am D – Dsus2
and they buried him discretely as John Doe.
G
No attendance 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.
G Em
They never noticed he was missing and though they’ve forgotten Charlie.
Am D
They still remember all the things he said.
Chorus
Bridge
Em Am
They would all ask him why he lived such a life.
C Bm7
It was more than they could imagine.
Em
But he’d just smile and say,
G C
D
“One day I’ll see Jesus Christ and I’ll trade this cardboard box for a mansion.”
Chorus
C G D Am7 G
Silver and gold have I none. But I’ve got all I need and that’s God’s only Son.
G C D G D Am
Em
I have 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 D D D E
So for right now I can live without
Chorus (Repeated for recorded version)
D A E Bm7 A
Silver and gold have I none. But I’ve got all I need and that’s God’s only Son.
A D E A E Bm
F#m
I have 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
So for right now I can live without....
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Chorus (Live)
D A E Bm7 A
Silver and gold have I none. But I’ve got all I need and that’s God’s only Son.
A D E A E Bm
F#m
I have 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
© 1996 Words and Music by:
Jason Milligan
