She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)

"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album The Man with the Golden Thumb
ReleasedJune 28, 1982
Recorded1982
GenreCountry
Length3:16
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Tim DuBois
Producer(s)Rick Hall
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"The Man with the Golden Thumb"
(1982)
"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"
(1982)
"The Bird"
(1982)

"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" is a song written by Tim DuBois and recorded by American country music singer Jerry Reed. It was released in June 1982 as the third and final single from the album, The Man with the Golden Thumb. A satire on divorce, the song was Reed's third and final No. 1 country hit in the late summer of 1982, and one of his signature tunes.