Diamonds and Rust

Capo 1

 

Em Em/G♭* Em 2x *

 

 

Well I'll be damned Here comes your ghost again

And here I sit Hand on the telephone

As I remember your eyes Were bluer than robin's eggs

Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks

Well you burst on the scene, already a legend

And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea

 

 

But that's not un-usual, it's just that the moon is full

Hearing a voice I'd known, a couple of light years ago

My poetry was lousy you said. Where are you calling from?

You brought me something. We both know what memories can bring

The unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond

The Madonna was yours for free. Yes the girl on the half-shell

 

And you happened to call

Heading straight for a fall

A booth in the Midwest

They bring diamonds and rust

You strayed into my arms

Would keep you unharmed

 

 

 

 

* The Em/G♭ chord is done by using your little finger to pluck the G♭ on the second

fret of the bottom E string.

 

Bridge:

Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around

 

And snow in your hair. Now you're smiling out the window

 

of that crummy hotel over Washington Square

 

Our breath comes out white clouds mingles and hangs in the air

 

Speaking strictly for me we both could have died then and there

 

 

 

 

Now you're telling me

Because I need some of that vagueness now

 

You're not nos-talgic

It's all come back too clearly

 

Then give me another word for it you who are so good with words

Yes I loved you dearly And if you're offering me diamonds and rust

 

And at keeping things vague

I've already paid