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Taylor Swift – Gold Rush Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
F#m        D
Gleaming, twinkling
A          E      F#m       D
Eyes like sinking ships on waters
A              E
So inviting, I almost jump in

[Chorus]
   F#m
But I don't like a gold rush, 
gold rush
               D
I don't like anticipatin' 
my face in a red flush
                  A
I don't like that anyone 
would die to feel your touch
           E
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it 
                 F#m
would be like to love you

Walk past, quick brush
                   D
I don't like slow motion, 
double vision in rose blush
                   A
I don't like that falling feels 
like flying 'til the bone crush
           E
Everybody wants you but 
I don't like a gold rush

[Verse 1]
  G                D           
  What must it be like to grow 
           A
  up that beautiful?

  With your hair falling into 
  place like dominoes
G           D                    A
  I see me padding across your wooden 
  floors
  With my Eagles t-shirt hanging 
  from the door
G                                D  
  At dinner parties, I call you out 
                      A
  on your contrarian s**t
                                   
  And the coastal town we wandered 
                                   G
  'round had nеver seen a love as pure 
  as it
             D                        
And thеn it fades into the gray of my 
 E
day-old tea ‘cause it could never be

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[Chorus]
   F#m
But I don't like a gold rush, 
gold rush
               D
I don't like anticipatin' 
my face in a red flush
                  A
I don't like that anyone would 
die to feel your touch
           E
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it 
                 F#m
would be like to love you

Walk past, quick brush
                   D
I don't like slow motion, 
double vision in rose blush
                   A
I don't like that falling feels 
like flying 'til the bone crush
           E
Everybody wants you but 
I don't like a gold rush

[Verse 2]
  G                D      
  What must it be like to 
                A
  grow up that beautiful?
  With your hair falling 
  into place like dominoes
G                D        
  My mind turns your life 
        A
  into folklore

  I can't dare to dream about 
  you anymore
G                                
  At dinner parties I won't call 
       D                      A
  you out on your contrarian s**t
  And the coastal town we never found 
                            G
  will never see a love as pure as it
             D                        
  'Cause it fades into the gray of my 
   E
  day-old tea ‘cause it will never be

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[Outro]
F#m        D
Gleaming, twinkling
A          E      F#m       D
Eyes like sinking ships on waters
A              E
So inviting, I almost jump in

How to play Gold Rush: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Gold Rush by Taylor Swift on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Gold Rush by Taylor Swift is centred on F♯ minor (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 5 chords: F#m, D, A, E and G.

Listen for F#m – D – A – E (i – VI – III – VII in F♯ minor), the epic minor progression (i–VI–III–VII) used in many anthems: the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.