Tom Waits – Diamond In Your Mind (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As heard on the live album "Healing the Divide"
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Verse 1:
E E7 Shook the hands with the president, and then the pope in Rome; A A7 I've been to parties where I've had to be flown; C#m G#m C#m G#m They told me everything was sacred, nothing is profane; C#m G#m B7 Money's something that you throw off of the back of a train.
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Chorus:
E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind
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Verse 2:
E E7 Steamer of gravy with the little fried pearls A A7 Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl C#m G#m C#m G#m And Chalmers said thanks for the food and land C#m G#m B7 And somethin' about God that I just don't understand
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Chorus:
E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind
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Bridge:
A E She's got the milk of human kindness and the fat of the land B E Skin like a baby, but she drives like a man A E She lives in Natchez, and she operates a crane F#7 B7 She's like a wrecking ball that's no longer connected to the chain
Verse 3:
E E7 Zerelda Samuels said she ain't never prayed A A7 Since her right arm was blown off in a Pinkerton raid C#m G#m C#m G#m They lashed her to a windmill with 3-fingered Dave C#m G#m B7 Now she's a hundred and two and drinkin' juleps in the shade
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Chorus:
E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind
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Final Chorus:
E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind E B7 Am Always keep a diamond in your mind
(Finish on E)
Enjoy!