Chords for Faouzia "Tears Of Gold" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified
Tempo:
126.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
E
C
Ab
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I remember I was humming to myself, I was like,
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
And then J.
Mike was like,
yo send me that, send me that voice recording,
and then I sent it to him,
and he started like playing chords,
and he like, kind of altered the voice
to sound like really warped,
and then all at once, I just started like,
I was like, tears of gold,
don't you know that I cry tears of [Em] gold?
And I wrote the-
like I wrote the chorus all at once,
and it really just clicked in that moment.
[C] [E]
[Em] I remember this day so clearly,
the day that I wrote the song, I had been in sessions all summer, every day, and I remember
just being like, nothing that I'm writing is like really clicking with me or connecting with me.
I was like, I need to just have like one day off.
And then I went home, took the day off, and the next day I walked in the studio with J
Mike and I don't usually write from personal experience.
Usually I write about other people's experiences or you know, just like things that people
can relate to.
But I was like, something in me, I was like, I'm going to write about something that I
can truly connect with and I know that people can connect with too.
So I wrote Tears of Gold.
So growing up, literally ever since I was like six years old, I would get myself into
these friendships where it's just, the connection just was totally one sided.
And my mom is so similar to me.
Our personalities are the exact same.
It's actually insane.
And we, she has been through everything that I've been through and she knows that like
I'm going to end up hurt and that it's just not going to be a good situation.
So she'd be warning me, she'd be like, I'm telling you this isn't right.
Just maybe distance yourself or just find connections with people that are just 100% both sides.
Cause you're going to end up drained and you're going to end up just feeling hurt.
I'm 19 years old.
I feel like I'm still very young.
And when you're young, you just think, I'm right.
I'm right about this.
Like, nobody knows, like you don't know until you're in the situation, but that's why it's
just like, don't worry, I got this.
But then when you, when your parents or whoever's around you is telling you something and they're
right about it, you're like, man, I should have listened.
Sometimes when you just give and you give and you give and nothing's coming back, I
wanted to compare it to money and like, love is nothing like money, of course, but I just
wanted to have that concrete example where it's like, you're in debt.
Like you, not that you don't have anything, you're less than what you're supposed to have right now.
And that's just like, that's the visual representation that I wanted to give people that were [E] listening
to the song.
[N] I wanted to know that I cried tears of gold for you, I said here I'll be.
Tears of gold.
I wanted it to be such a powerful statement and it's just like, I didn't just cry for you.
Like it wasn't just, it wasn't just like water, salts and urea.
It was, that was so nerdy.
It was gold.
Like I gave my literal, like my all to you.
Collect my pennies and my dimes, that's why you love it when I cry.
When people know how much they're hurting you, when people know that they're hurting
you and you're still coming back, they're gonna know how much power they have and they're
gonna want to keep going because they know you're not going anywhere.
So that's exactly what it is.
You love it when I cry.
Platinum love for you, I give no love.
Yo I literally Googled, I was like what is the most like valuable, valuable element and
it was like platinum.
And I was like, okay on the whole tears of gold thing, it's like I cried for you and
I also gave you platinum love.
Like it wasn't just any kind of love, it was platinum.
Generosity's enemy so I'm broken in your heart's rage because of me.
So many times it has felt like generosity is my enemy and it was just like, why did
I give that much?
Like, am I stupid?
Like, why did I do that?
People shouldn't be heartless.
People should love and give and, but sometimes it just backfires and that's exactly what
that line is.
Know that this is my fault.
Gave a little too much.
Knew that this was gonna happen.
I think it's super important for people to realize the mistakes that they're making continuously
over and over again.
I know that at a certain point it's like, how many times am I gonna do this before I
realize that, you know, I'm like.
Being like a clown at this point.
But I'm not gonna lie, you can make me cry a thousand times.
I'll come on and back like, what is going on with my head?
What if this person's gonna change?
What if it's gonna get better?
Like, what if, you know, the 13th time you're just like, it's probably not gonna change
and that's why it's like, what is going on with my head?
What am I thinking?
And it's just, it's almost like, it's funny at that point.
It's like, what am I doing?
[Ab] And those bodies will do it all over again.
No those bodies, I know it's never [G] gonna.
I keep coming right back like a maniac.
I keep coming right back like, whoa.
Alright so at this point we've given it all, the tears of gold, the platinum love, the
works and it's like, how much worse can it get?
You're thinking, alright I'm gonna do this again.
It's gonna happen again.
It's gonna be bad again.
And it's like, no, no, it's never gonna end.
That's the worst part.
It's like at some point you need to stop it.
[Em]
My advice to you, people that are like me, I would say, I think it's important to love
because there's, I think that's so important in this world.
Keep being loving, keep being giving, but be giving to people that are also giving to you.
Just maybe take care of yourself because I think that's super important and lots of people
don't realize that they have [N] to do that.
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
And then J.
Mike was like,
yo send me that, send me that voice recording,
and then I sent it to him,
and he started like playing chords,
and he like, kind of altered the voice
to sound like really warped,
and then all at once, I just started like,
I was like, tears of gold,
don't you know that I cry tears of [Em] gold?
And I wrote the-
like I wrote the chorus all at once,
and it really just clicked in that moment.
[C] [E]
[Em] I remember this day so clearly,
the day that I wrote the song, I had been in sessions all summer, every day, and I remember
just being like, nothing that I'm writing is like really clicking with me or connecting with me.
I was like, I need to just have like one day off.
And then I went home, took the day off, and the next day I walked in the studio with J
Mike and I don't usually write from personal experience.
Usually I write about other people's experiences or you know, just like things that people
can relate to.
But I was like, something in me, I was like, I'm going to write about something that I
can truly connect with and I know that people can connect with too.
So I wrote Tears of Gold.
So growing up, literally ever since I was like six years old, I would get myself into
these friendships where it's just, the connection just was totally one sided.
And my mom is so similar to me.
Our personalities are the exact same.
It's actually insane.
And we, she has been through everything that I've been through and she knows that like
I'm going to end up hurt and that it's just not going to be a good situation.
So she'd be warning me, she'd be like, I'm telling you this isn't right.
Just maybe distance yourself or just find connections with people that are just 100% both sides.
Cause you're going to end up drained and you're going to end up just feeling hurt.
I'm 19 years old.
I feel like I'm still very young.
And when you're young, you just think, I'm right.
I'm right about this.
Like, nobody knows, like you don't know until you're in the situation, but that's why it's
just like, don't worry, I got this.
But then when you, when your parents or whoever's around you is telling you something and they're
right about it, you're like, man, I should have listened.
Sometimes when you just give and you give and you give and nothing's coming back, I
wanted to compare it to money and like, love is nothing like money, of course, but I just
wanted to have that concrete example where it's like, you're in debt.
Like you, not that you don't have anything, you're less than what you're supposed to have right now.
And that's just like, that's the visual representation that I wanted to give people that were [E] listening
to the song.
[N] I wanted to know that I cried tears of gold for you, I said here I'll be.
Tears of gold.
I wanted it to be such a powerful statement and it's just like, I didn't just cry for you.
Like it wasn't just, it wasn't just like water, salts and urea.
It was, that was so nerdy.
It was gold.
Like I gave my literal, like my all to you.
Collect my pennies and my dimes, that's why you love it when I cry.
When people know how much they're hurting you, when people know that they're hurting
you and you're still coming back, they're gonna know how much power they have and they're
gonna want to keep going because they know you're not going anywhere.
So that's exactly what it is.
You love it when I cry.
Platinum love for you, I give no love.
Yo I literally Googled, I was like what is the most like valuable, valuable element and
it was like platinum.
And I was like, okay on the whole tears of gold thing, it's like I cried for you and
I also gave you platinum love.
Like it wasn't just any kind of love, it was platinum.
Generosity's enemy so I'm broken in your heart's rage because of me.
So many times it has felt like generosity is my enemy and it was just like, why did
I give that much?
Like, am I stupid?
Like, why did I do that?
People shouldn't be heartless.
People should love and give and, but sometimes it just backfires and that's exactly what
that line is.
Know that this is my fault.
Gave a little too much.
Knew that this was gonna happen.
I think it's super important for people to realize the mistakes that they're making continuously
over and over again.
I know that at a certain point it's like, how many times am I gonna do this before I
realize that, you know, I'm like.
Being like a clown at this point.
But I'm not gonna lie, you can make me cry a thousand times.
I'll come on and back like, what is going on with my head?
What if this person's gonna change?
What if it's gonna get better?
Like, what if, you know, the 13th time you're just like, it's probably not gonna change
and that's why it's like, what is going on with my head?
What am I thinking?
And it's just, it's almost like, it's funny at that point.
It's like, what am I doing?
[Ab] And those bodies will do it all over again.
No those bodies, I know it's never [G] gonna.
I keep coming right back like a maniac.
I keep coming right back like, whoa.
Alright so at this point we've given it all, the tears of gold, the platinum love, the
works and it's like, how much worse can it get?
You're thinking, alright I'm gonna do this again.
It's gonna happen again.
It's gonna be bad again.
And it's like, no, no, it's never gonna end.
That's the worst part.
It's like at some point you need to stop it.
[Em]
My advice to you, people that are like me, I would say, I think it's important to love
because there's, I think that's so important in this world.
Keep being loving, keep being giving, but be giving to people that are also giving to you.
Just maybe take care of yourself because I think that's super important and lots of people
don't realize that they have [N] to do that.
Key:
Em
E
C
Ab
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Em
E
C
I remember I was humming to myself, I was like, _ _
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
And then J.
Mike was like,
yo send me that, send me that voice recording,
and then I sent it to him,
and he started like playing chords,
and he like, kind of altered the voice
to sound like really warped,
and then all at once, I just started like,
I was like, tears of gold,
don't you know that I cry tears of [Em] gold?
And I wrote the-
like I wrote the chorus all at once,
and it really just clicked in that moment.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ I remember this day so clearly,
the day that I wrote the song, I had been in sessions all summer, every day, and I remember
just being like, nothing that I'm writing is like really clicking with me or connecting with me.
I was like, I need to just have like one day off.
And then I went home, took the day off, and the next day I walked in the studio with J
Mike and I don't usually write from personal experience.
Usually I write about other people's experiences or you know, just like things that people
can relate to.
But I was like, something in me, I was like, I'm going to write about something that I
can truly connect with and I know that people can connect with too.
So I wrote Tears of Gold. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So growing up, literally ever since I was like six years old, I would get myself into
these friendships where _ it's just, the connection just was totally one sided.
And my mom is so similar to me.
Our personalities are the exact same.
It's actually insane.
And we, she has been through everything that I've been through and she knows that like
I'm going to end up hurt and that it's just not going to be a good situation.
So she'd be warning me, she'd be like, I'm telling you this isn't right.
Just maybe distance yourself or just find connections with people that are just 100% both sides.
Cause you're going to end up drained and you're going to end up just feeling hurt.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm 19 years old.
I feel like I'm still very young.
And when you're young, you just think, I'm right.
I'm right about this.
Like, nobody knows, like you don't know until you're in the situation, but that's why it's
just like, don't worry, I got this.
But then when you, when your parents or whoever's around you is telling you something and they're
right about it, you're like, man, I should have listened. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes when you just give and you give and you give and nothing's coming back, I
wanted to compare it to money and like, love is nothing like money, of course, but I just
wanted to have that concrete example where it's like, you're in debt.
Like you, not that you don't have anything, you're less than what you're supposed to have right now.
And that's just like, that's the visual representation that I wanted to give people that were [E] listening
to the song. _ _
[N] I wanted to know that I cried tears of gold for you, I said here I'll be.
_ _ Tears of gold.
I wanted it to be such a powerful statement and it's just like, I didn't just cry for you.
Like it wasn't just, it wasn't just like water, salts and urea.
It was, _ that was so nerdy.
It _ was gold.
Like I gave my literal, like my all to you. _
Collect my pennies and my dimes, that's why you love it when I cry.
When people know how much they're hurting you, when people know that they're hurting
you and you're still coming back, they're gonna know how much power they have and they're
gonna want to keep going because they know you're not going anywhere.
So that's exactly what it is.
You love it when I cry.
Platinum love _ for you, I give no love. _ _ _
_ _ Yo I literally Googled, I was like what is the most like valuable, _ _ valuable element and
it was like platinum.
And I was like, okay on the whole tears of gold thing, it's like I cried for you and
I also gave you platinum love.
Like it wasn't just any kind of love, it was platinum. _
_ _ Generosity's enemy so I'm broken in your heart's rage because of me.
_ _ So many times it has felt like generosity is my enemy and it was just like, _ why did
I give that much?
Like, am I stupid?
Like, why did I do that?
People shouldn't be heartless.
People should love and give and, but sometimes it just backfires and that's exactly what
that line is.
_ _ _ Know that this is my fault.
Gave a little too much.
Knew that this was gonna _ happen.
I think it's super important for people to realize the mistakes that they're making continuously
over and over again.
I know that at a certain point it's like, how many times am I gonna do this before I
realize that, you know, I'm like.
_ _ _ _ Being like a clown at this point.
But I'm not gonna lie, you can make me cry a thousand times.
I'll come on and back like, what is going on with my head?
What if this person's gonna change?
What if it's gonna get better?
Like, what if, you know, the 13th time you're just like, _ it's probably not gonna change
and that's why it's like, what is going on with my head?
What am I thinking?
And it's just, it's almost like, it's funny at that point.
It's like, what am I doing?
_ _ [Ab] And those bodies will do it all over again.
No those bodies, I know it's never [G] gonna.
I keep coming right back like a maniac.
_ I keep coming right back like, whoa.
_ Alright so at this point we've given it all, the tears of gold, the platinum love, the
works and it's like, how much worse can it get?
You're thinking, alright I'm gonna do this again.
It's gonna happen again.
It's gonna be bad again.
And it's like, no, no, it's never gonna end.
That's the worst part.
It's like at some point you need to stop it.
_ _ [Em] _ _
My advice to you, people that are like me, I would say, I think it's important to love
because there's, I think that's so important in this world.
Keep being loving, keep being giving, but be giving to people that are also giving to you.
Just maybe take care of yourself because I think that's super important and lots of people
don't realize that they have [N] to do that. _
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
And then J.
Mike was like,
yo send me that, send me that voice recording,
and then I sent it to him,
and he started like playing chords,
and he like, kind of altered the voice
to sound like really warped,
and then all at once, I just started like,
I was like, tears of gold,
don't you know that I cry tears of [Em] gold?
And I wrote the-
like I wrote the chorus all at once,
and it really just clicked in that moment.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ I remember this day so clearly,
the day that I wrote the song, I had been in sessions all summer, every day, and I remember
just being like, nothing that I'm writing is like really clicking with me or connecting with me.
I was like, I need to just have like one day off.
And then I went home, took the day off, and the next day I walked in the studio with J
Mike and I don't usually write from personal experience.
Usually I write about other people's experiences or you know, just like things that people
can relate to.
But I was like, something in me, I was like, I'm going to write about something that I
can truly connect with and I know that people can connect with too.
So I wrote Tears of Gold. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So growing up, literally ever since I was like six years old, I would get myself into
these friendships where _ it's just, the connection just was totally one sided.
And my mom is so similar to me.
Our personalities are the exact same.
It's actually insane.
And we, she has been through everything that I've been through and she knows that like
I'm going to end up hurt and that it's just not going to be a good situation.
So she'd be warning me, she'd be like, I'm telling you this isn't right.
Just maybe distance yourself or just find connections with people that are just 100% both sides.
Cause you're going to end up drained and you're going to end up just feeling hurt.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm 19 years old.
I feel like I'm still very young.
And when you're young, you just think, I'm right.
I'm right about this.
Like, nobody knows, like you don't know until you're in the situation, but that's why it's
just like, don't worry, I got this.
But then when you, when your parents or whoever's around you is telling you something and they're
right about it, you're like, man, I should have listened. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes when you just give and you give and you give and nothing's coming back, I
wanted to compare it to money and like, love is nothing like money, of course, but I just
wanted to have that concrete example where it's like, you're in debt.
Like you, not that you don't have anything, you're less than what you're supposed to have right now.
And that's just like, that's the visual representation that I wanted to give people that were [E] listening
to the song. _ _
[N] I wanted to know that I cried tears of gold for you, I said here I'll be.
_ _ Tears of gold.
I wanted it to be such a powerful statement and it's just like, I didn't just cry for you.
Like it wasn't just, it wasn't just like water, salts and urea.
It was, _ that was so nerdy.
It _ was gold.
Like I gave my literal, like my all to you. _
Collect my pennies and my dimes, that's why you love it when I cry.
When people know how much they're hurting you, when people know that they're hurting
you and you're still coming back, they're gonna know how much power they have and they're
gonna want to keep going because they know you're not going anywhere.
So that's exactly what it is.
You love it when I cry.
Platinum love _ for you, I give no love. _ _ _
_ _ Yo I literally Googled, I was like what is the most like valuable, _ _ valuable element and
it was like platinum.
And I was like, okay on the whole tears of gold thing, it's like I cried for you and
I also gave you platinum love.
Like it wasn't just any kind of love, it was platinum. _
_ _ Generosity's enemy so I'm broken in your heart's rage because of me.
_ _ So many times it has felt like generosity is my enemy and it was just like, _ why did
I give that much?
Like, am I stupid?
Like, why did I do that?
People shouldn't be heartless.
People should love and give and, but sometimes it just backfires and that's exactly what
that line is.
_ _ _ Know that this is my fault.
Gave a little too much.
Knew that this was gonna _ happen.
I think it's super important for people to realize the mistakes that they're making continuously
over and over again.
I know that at a certain point it's like, how many times am I gonna do this before I
realize that, you know, I'm like.
_ _ _ _ Being like a clown at this point.
But I'm not gonna lie, you can make me cry a thousand times.
I'll come on and back like, what is going on with my head?
What if this person's gonna change?
What if it's gonna get better?
Like, what if, you know, the 13th time you're just like, _ it's probably not gonna change
and that's why it's like, what is going on with my head?
What am I thinking?
And it's just, it's almost like, it's funny at that point.
It's like, what am I doing?
_ _ [Ab] And those bodies will do it all over again.
No those bodies, I know it's never [G] gonna.
I keep coming right back like a maniac.
_ I keep coming right back like, whoa.
_ Alright so at this point we've given it all, the tears of gold, the platinum love, the
works and it's like, how much worse can it get?
You're thinking, alright I'm gonna do this again.
It's gonna happen again.
It's gonna be bad again.
And it's like, no, no, it's never gonna end.
That's the worst part.
It's like at some point you need to stop it.
_ _ [Em] _ _
My advice to you, people that are like me, I would say, I think it's important to love
because there's, I think that's so important in this world.
Keep being loving, keep being giving, but be giving to people that are also giving to you.
Just maybe take care of yourself because I think that's super important and lots of people
don't realize that they have [N] to do that. _