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Michael Paul – Fools Gold Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA13/E E13sus4 Em Dm Am Dsus2sus4/E G F

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These are the chords for Fools Gold by Michael Paul on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro] trum each chord only once
A13/E     E13sus4       Em
look behind and see
A13/E       E13sus4              Em
the footprints you left in the dust
A13/E        E13sus4
knowing, that one day
                  Em
you will too
A13/E     E13sus4              Em
slowly break down and rust

[Verse 1]
Dm                  Em
Things once started out,
Em               Dm
glowing, gay and gold
Dm                    Am
back when things were new
Am    Em                   Dm
back; we were told what to do-hoo

[Verse 2]
Dm            Em
Thrown into a blight
Em                  Am
which is feeding of a lie
Am
an expensive misbelief
Em
grown on coral reefs
Am      Dm
brought into the water
Em                    Am
ignored with heartful laughter
Dm                      Am
in the end it hides and sees
Am      Em         Am
poisons rivers and beliefs

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[Verse 3]
Dm                            Am
Takes you down the hill youre on
Am                  Em
makes you see whats possible
Dm
makes you hear your
              Am
thoughts like thunder
Am             Em
makes you mute takes your wonder
Dm     Am       Em
just look behind and see
Em                      Am
the footprints you left in the dust
Dm                   Am
Think about the next gust of wind
Am                  Em
That will make them fade and pass

[Instrumental 1]
Dm Am Em Dm Am Em
Dm Dsus2sus4/E Dm Em G Am

[Verse 4]
Dm                    Am
back when things were new
Em               Dm
glowing, gay and gold
Dm              Am               Em
golden dunes in a desert full of dust
                    Dm
temporary bliss and rust

[Instrumental 2]
Dm Am Em Dm Am Em
Dm Dsus2sus4/E Dm Em G Am

[Verse 5]
Dm     Am       Em
just look behind and see
Em                      Am
the footprints you left in the dust
Dm                   Am
Think about the next gust of wind
Am                  Em
That will make them fade and pass
Dm                   Am
because the gold all flaked away
Am                     Em
what you were the wind erased
Dm                         Em
what you did the wind just blew on
Dm          Am            Dm
the dunes all coated with fool's gold

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[Outro]
(Main Pattern strumming for
the first two lines,
then just strum each chord once.)

Dm                Am
and, remaining of you
Em
nothing more
Em             Dm             F
than a memory, until it fades just
like you
F          Dm                   Em
worry not, the desert will fade too
A13/E   E13sus4
no one remembers,
A13/E   E13sus4    Em
so did it even happen?

How to play Fools Gold: key, chords and progression

Fools Gold by Michael Paul is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 8 chords: A13/E, E13sus4, Em, Dm, Am, Dsus2sus4/E, G and F.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dm – Am – Em – Dm (iv – i – v – iv in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: A13/E and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.