Diamonds and Rust was written, composed and performed by Joan Baez. It was written in November, 1974, recorded in January, 1975 and released in April, 1975 from the album of the same name.
Intro:4/4| Em | Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em || Em/G | Em/A | Em* | Am(add9)/E || Em* | B7/D# | B7 | Em || Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |Em Em(add9) - Em C
1. Well I'll be damned___ Here comes your___ ghost a-gain
G D
But that's not un-u-su-al It's just that the moon is full
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And you hap-pened to call
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And here I sit___ Hand___ on the te-le-phone
G D
Hear-ing a voice I'd known A cou-ple of light years a-go
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Head-ing straight for a fall
Em Em(add9) - Em C
3. As I re-mem-ber your eyes___ Were blu-er than ro-bin's eggs
G D
My po-e-try was lou-sy you said Where are you cal-ling from?
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A booth in the mid-west
Em Em(add9) - Em C
Ten years a-go I bought you some cuff-links
G D
You brought me some-thing We both know what me-mo-ries can bring
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They bring dia-monds and rust
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4. Well you burst on the scene Al-rea-dy a le-gend
G D
The un-washed phe-no-me-non The o-ri-gi-nal va-ga-bond
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You strayed in-to my arms
Em Em(add9) - Em C
And there you stayed Temp-o-ra-ri-ly lost at sea
G D
The Ma-don-na was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell
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Would keep you un-harmed
Bm7 Bridge: Now I see you stand-ing with brown leaves fal-ling a-round
Am7
And snow in your hair
Bm7
Now you're smi-ling out the win-dow of that crum-my hotel
Am7
Over Wash-ing-ton Square
C G
Our breath comes out white clouds Min-gles and hangs in the air
Fmaj7 G | G | B7 |
Speak-ing stric-tly for me we both could have died then and there
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7. Now you're tel-ling me You're not nos-tal-gic
G D
Then give me a-no-ther word for it You who are so good with words
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And at keep-ing things vague
Em Em(add9) - Em C
Because I need some of that vague-ness now It's all come back too clear-ly
G D
Yes I loved you dear-ly And if you're off-e-ring me dia-monds and rust
𝄆 Em | Em(add9) - Em 𝄇...repeat to fade
I've al-ready paid...
Fingers 1, 2, 3, 4: Notes played
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Notice the Em* chord - It is a different voicing to the normal Em
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