Joan Baez – Diamonds And Rust

Guitar chords and lyrics of Diamonds And Rust by Joan Baez
Published 1975
Original key Fm

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Capo first fret

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     Em             Em Em/Gb* Em
Well I'll be damned
                C
Here comes your ghost again
                 G
But that's not unusual
                   D
It's just that the moon is full
                    Em  Em Em/Gb* Em
And you happened to call

 

    Em         Em Em/Gb* Em
And here I sit
            C
Hand on the telephone
          G
Hearing a voice I'd known
            D
A couple of light years ago
                       Em   Em Em/Gb* Em  2x
Heading straight for a fall

 

   Em                   Em Em/Gb* Em
As I remember your eyes
                C
Were bluer than robin's eggs
              G
My poetry was lousy you said
              D
Where are you calling from?
               Em     Em Em/Gb* Em  2x
A booth in the Midwest

 

Em           Em  Em/Gb* Em 
Ten years ago           
                  C 
I bought you some cufflinks
               G
You brought me something
                  D
We both know what memories can bring
                        Em   Em Em/Gb* Em  2x
They bring diamonds and rust

 

Em                         Em Em/Gb* Em
Well you burst on the scene
          C
Already a legend
                G
The unwashed phenomenon
             D
The original vagabond
                    Em   Em/Gb* Em
You strayed into my arms

 

    Em              Em Em/Gb* Em
And there you stayed
            C
Temporarily lost at sea
                G
The Madonna was yours for free
                    D
Yes the girl on the half-shell
               Em       Em Em/Gb* Em
Would keep you unharmed

 

    Bm
Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
                 Am
And snow in your hair
    Bm
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
                Am
Over Washington Square
    C
Our breath comes out white clouds
                         G
Mingles and hangs in the air
         Fmaj7
Speaking strictly for me
                                 G    B7
We both could have died then and there

 

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Em                   Em Em/Gb* Em
Now you're telling me
              C
You're not nostalgic
                     G
Then give me another word for it
               D
You who are so good with words
                      Em   Em Em/Gb* Em
And at keeping things vague

 

Em                                        Em Em/Gb* Em
Because I need some of that vagueness now
                       C
It's all come back too clearly
                G
Yes I loved you dearly
                          D
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
             Em
I've already paid

 

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