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Chains of Gold
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Nope, it ain't traditional: I wrote this one. But one day you'll hear someone sing it and you'll think it's been around 150 years!
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Solo singer-songwriter and tunesmith playing British fingerstyle steel and nylon string guitar, and historic instruments. Scots and Irish influences.
I've been writing and playing songs and tunes since teenage years in folk clubs and pubs. I co-organise the Kelso Friday night live music sessions at the Cross Keys (hosted singaround 7.45-10pm) and Cobbles Inn (10-12pm open mic with The Cobbles Band) with the help of many friends. All welcome! Visit us at kelsofolkandlive co uk. It is worth clicking on the tab because the sound quality of my tracks is far higher than the auto player on this page. Many can be streamed or downloaded at 320KBps and the enhancement for solo guitar/voice far exceeds the benefit you get for highly compressed band recordings. My recordings are full dynamic, not compressed. Just select Hi-Fi for the first song, and an MP3 high bitrate window will open - you will still get a sequence of songs. Most of my downloads are free, but some 320KBps tracks are paid-for. These are selected because they make up my main instrumental album. I now have a YouTube page and have started doing some video recordings for fun: @daviddkilpatrick I have mainly played Lowden guitars since 1999. I current play a 1985 S5FN (nylon string), 1986 S22 (jumbo O-size mahogany/cedar), and 1995 S32 (small body rosewood/spruce). I also play my own 1997-built Martin 'kit' Grand Auditorium rosewood/spruce, a Sigma OM-T, Furch Little Jane, Tacoma Papoose, Guild 8-string baritone, Vintage V880 parlour guitar and Gordon Giltrap signature model, a Troubadour mahogany/spruce classical and an Adam Black 12-string. And that's just the guitars... also viola, mandolin, mandola, waldzither, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, low D whistle, keyboards.
Song Info
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Peak #69
Peak in subgenre #6
Author
David Kilpatrick
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David Kilpatrick
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November 25, 2003
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MP3 2.6 MB 128 kbps 2:53
Story behind the song
Sometimes you just pull a line out of the air, and for this one, I just sang the first verse out of nowhere. After that, it was easy to get the rest together. It's not like my usual singing but this is the way I thought it should sound. The tune is either traditional or so obvious and simple it should be.
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Chains of Gold Lyrics © David Kilpatrick/May 26 2001 I once met a man who was happy to be Lyin' in chains when he once had been free Why is he happy, I asked, and was told He's happy because those chains are of gold Chains of gold, chains of gold He's happy because those chains are of gold Chains of gold are like fetters of iron Try to cut through them, you do yourself harm Chains of gold with no lock and no key You forge them upon yourself though you are free Though you are free, though you are free You forge them upon yourself though you are free Now hear all you young men that works for a wage You think you are free and you'll never be slaves Each dollar you make will be nothing to gain If you forge it right into a link of that chain A link of that chain, a link of that chain If you forge it right into a link of that chain (repeat 2nd verse and end:) Chains of gold, chains of gold I hope you are happy in your chains of gold 2Xe
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