SAHARA GOLD
by Bruce Cockburn
From “Stealing Fire”

Transcribed by Steve Meger and Jonathan Tieszen
Altered tuning: low F A C G B E high
h hammer-on
p pull-off
s slide

Chords:
Since chord names are not obvious they're assigned numerals instead.
I 	0 8 x 0 8 6
II 	0 6 5 0 6 4
III 	0 13 x 0 11 13
IV 	0 13 12 0 13 11
V 	0 11 x 0 9 11
VI    0 11 10 0 11 8

Sahara gold is dark, black, rich crude oil from the Mideast...


Intro (ad lib F Aeolian mode, Ab major scale, on top three strings):
 Fm
|------------------------------------------------------------------etc.-
|---------------------------1-h-2-p-1---1------6-6p4-4h-6-s-8-s-9-------
|-----------------0-h-1-h-3-----------3---------------------------------
|-------0-h-3-h-5-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------


  Fm riff (Intro and verses)
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-----------------8---------------|-----------------8--------------||
|*-----------------8---10--8-------|-----------------8---10--8------*|
|*-----8---10--8-------10--8---10--|-----8---10--8-------10--8---10-*|
||-----8---10--8---------------10--|-----8---10--8---------------10-||
||-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
repeat


  Bbm riff (verses)
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
||---------------------------------||
||-----------------1---------------||
|*-----------------1---3---1-------*|
|*-----1---3---1-------3---1---3---*|
||-----1---3---1---------------3---||
||-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---||
repeat



Interlude I:

  Chord I 				     Chord II
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
|---------6-------6---6----------|-4---4-------4-----------4------|
|---------8-------8---8----------|-6---6-------6-----------6------|
|---------0-------0---0----------|-0---0-------0-----------0------|
|--------------------------------|-5---5-------5-----------5------|
|---------8-------8---8----------|--------------------------------|
|-0---0-------0-----------0---0--|---------0-------0---0--------0-|

  Chord I 				     Chord II
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
|---------6-------6---6----------|-4------------------------------|
|---------8-------8---8----------|-6-----6---------6--------------|
|---------0-------0---0----------|-0------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-5-----5---5-----5-------0------|
|---------8-------8---8----------|-----6-------6-------6-------6--|
|-0-0-0-------0-----------0---0--|--------------------------------|




Interlude II:

  Chord III 				Chord IV
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
||---------13------13--13---------|-11------------------------------|
||---------11------11--11---------|-13-----13-------13--------------|
||---------0-------0---0----------|-0------0--------0---------------|
||--------------------------------|--------12-12----12------0-------|
||---------13------13--13---------|-----13------13------13------13\s|
||-0---0-------0-----------0---0--|-0-------------------------------|

 Chord V 				    Chord VI
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . 
|---------11------11--11---------|-8-------------------------------|
|---------9-------9---9----------|-11-----11-------11--------------|
|---------0-------0---0----------|-0------0—-------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------10-10----10------0-------|
|\11------11------11--11---------|-----11------11------11------11--|
|-0---0-------0-----------0---0--|-0-------------------------------|