Fairport Convention – Diamonds And Gold (Guitar)

C         F       C           F
Beautiful dreamer lays in her bed

C         F                       C
Wonderful visions go round in her head

               F            C          F
Her father has told her the stories of old

   C           F                       C
Of princes and ladies and diamonds and gold

Am          G           F              C
Lets take a photograph, pictures don't lie

    F            C           Dm          G   G/B  G  G/B
Her long hair so golden, the blue of her eye

    C              F          C           F
She taunts and she teases the boys in her school

     C          F                          C
They don't understand, they don't know her rules

               F          C        F
Soon she'll be leaving to get on a train

     C          F                       C
With mirror and makeup, for fortune and fame

Am          G           F              C
Lets take a photograph, pictures don't lie

F             C             Dm           G   G/B  G  G/B
Clutching her suitcase, she waves us goodbye

   F                                            G
He comes from the shadows, with a gleam in his eye

      Am                    C
And a golden medallion your money can't buy

   F                                     G
He takes her to Soho and he takes her up West

   Dm7            C             F               G
He fills her with lines, he's rehearsed all the best

    C             F            C             F
Now I'll give you diamonds and I'll give you gold

C               F                       C
You'll live the stories your father has told

                    F                 C             F
So he gives her the diamonds that she sniffs from a spoon

       C             Dm       Eb            F
And he leaves her on satin in some darkened room

       Am            G            F              C
So the boys can take photographs, pictures don't lie

F            C           Dm         G   G/B  G  G/B
You'll never leave here, don't even try

       C            F         C           F
So she looks at the river, so deep and so cold

C             F                      C
Just one more victim of diamonds and gold

              F                      C
Just one more victim of diamonds and gold

              F                      C
Just one more victim of diamonds and gold

              F                      C
Just one more victim of diamonds and gold