Diamonds And Rust
Joan Baez

CAPO 1st Fret

INTRO (2x):
Em CHORD alternating with Gb note played on 4th string

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

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

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

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

Em                                    C
Well you burst on the scene already a legend
             G                         D
The unwashed phenomenon - The original vagabond
                     Em  Em Em/Gb Em
You strayed into my arms
 
   Em                             C
And there you stayed, temporarily lost at sea
                G                                    D
The Madonna was yours for free - Yes the girl on the half-shell
                  Em Em/Gb Em  
Would keep you unharmed

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

Em  Em/Gb Em  2x

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

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

Em  Em/Gb Em  4x