Joan Baez
Diamonds and Rust

Song :
E
Intro : 
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     Em          Em2 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  Em2 Em  
And you happened to call

    Em      Em2 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  Em2 Em  
Heading straight for a fall
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   Em             Em  Em2 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  Em2 Em  
A booth in the Midwest
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Em        Em  Em2 Em  
Ten years ago
                      C
I bought you some cufflinks
                  G
You brought me something
                     D
We both know what memories can bring
                         Em  Em2 Em  
They bring diamonds and rust
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     Em                Em2 Em 
Well you burst on the scene
           C
Already a legend
                 G
The unwashed phenomenon
                 D
The original vagabond
                     Em  Em2 Em
You strayed into my arms
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     Em                Em2 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  Em2 Em  
Would keep you unharmed
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    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

    Em                Em2 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  Em2 Em
And at keeping things vague
    Em                Em2 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  Em2 Em
I've already paid

Em  Em2 Em