Joan Baez
Diamonds and Rust

Song :
E
Intro :  
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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
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And you happened to call

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And here I sit
               C#
Hand on the telephone
           G#
Hearing a voice I'd known
              D#
A couple of light years ago
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Heading straight for a fall
 

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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?
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A booth in the Midwest
 
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Ten years ago
                      C#
I bought you some cufflinks
                  G#
You brought me something
                     D#
We both know what memories can bring
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They bring diamonds and rust
 
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Well you burst on the scene
           C#
Already a legend
                 G#
The unwashed phenomenon
                 D#
The original vagabond
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You strayed into my arms
 
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And there you stayed
                C#
Temporarily lost at sea
                           G#
The Madonna was yours for free
                    D#
Yes the girl on the half-shell
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Would keep you unharmed
 
    Cm
Now I see you standing

With brown leaves falling around
           A#m
And snow in your hair
    Cm
Now you're smiling out the window

Of that crummy hotel
               A#m
Over Washington Square
      C#
Our breath comes out white clouds
                       G#
Mingles and hangs in the air
      F#maj7
Speaking strictly for me
                          G#      C7
We both could have died then and there

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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
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And at keeping things vague
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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
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I've already paid
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