Guy Clark – Black Diamond Strings (Guitar)

Capo 2

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Chords

Dublin Blues Chorus

 D 
[tab] A 
[tab]      E 
Drinkin' 1 W. Harper   

        A 
Playin' Black Diamond Strings   

D  
Black Diamond Strings   

         A       
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

            E           A  
'Cause it's all you can get

Verse 1

 A                          D       A 
Black Diamond Strings on a Catalog Guitar   

                           E          A 
That's pretty high cotton whoever you are   

                                        D          A 
You break one you change one, that's as good as it gets   

                               E            A 
You can play all year long on two or three sets

Verse 2

A                  D         A 
J.W. Crowell was a hell of a man   

                                 E         A
He played two nights a week in a hillbilly band   

                              D         A
He played at the Ice House on Telephone Road   

                              E           A
He played in the yard just to lighten his load

Chorus

 D 
Black Diamond Strings   

 A 
Black Diamond Strings   

      E 
Drinkin' 1 W. Harper   

        A 
Playin' Black Diamond Strings   

D  
Black Diamond Strings   

         A       
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

            E           A  
'Cause it's all you can get

Verse 3

A       D         A 
Hey J.W play that Frauline   

                         E             A 
Let Rodney sit in, hell, he's goin' on nine   

                                   D            A
His fingers are bleedin', but he's keepin' good time   

                               E                A
Playin' Black Diamond Strings, he'll never quit tryin'

N/C (spoken) Causette told 'em both Verse 4

A                    D               A
You boys pack it up, it's time to go home   

                                   E         A
We got church in the mornin', it's comin' up dawn   

                     D            A
Don't make me say it again or I'm gone   

                               E                 A
You can stay here forever, but you're gonna walk home

Chorus

 D 
Black Diamond Strings   

 A 
Black Diamond Strings   

      E 
Drinkin' 1 W. Harper   

        A 
Playin' Black Diamond Strings   

D  
Black Diamond Strings   

         A       
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

            E           A  
'Cause it's all you can get