Artist: | Joan Baez (English) |
User: | ronlindeman |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
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Written by Joan Baez From the album: Joan Baez "Diamonds & Rust" (1975) |
This song was written from the standpoint of a woman but you can sing it as a man too. Just change the specific words in verse 3 into the words between the brackets.( With all respect to Joan Baez!)
Em
Well I'll be damned
C
Here comes your ghost again
G
But that's not unusual
D
It's just that the moon is full
Em
And you happened to call
Em
And here I sit
C
Hand on the telephone
G
I'm hearing a voice I'd known
D
A couple of light years ago
Em
Heading straight for a fall
Em
As I remember your eyes
C
Were bluer than robin's eggs
G
My poetry was lousy you said
D
Where are you calling from?
Em
A booth in the midwest
Em
Ten years ago
C
I bought you some cufflinks
G
You brought me something
D
We both know what memories can bring
Em
They bring diamonds and rust
Em
Well you(I) burst on the scene
C
Already a legend
G
The unwashed phenomenon
D
The original vagabond
Em
You(I) strayed into my(your) arms
Em
And there you(I) stayed
C
Temporarily lost at sea
G
The Madonna was yours(mine) for free
D
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Em
Would keep you(me) unharmed
Bm
Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
Am
And snow in your hair
Bm
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Am
Over Washington Square
C
Our breath comes out white clouds
G
Mingles and hangs in the air
Fmaj7
Speaking strictly for me
G B7
We both could have died then and there
Em
Now you're telling me
C
You're not nostalgic
G
Then give me another word for it
D
You who are so good with words
Em
And at keeping things vague
Em
Because I need some of that vagueness now
C
It's all come back too clearly
G
Yes I loved you dearly
D
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
Em
I've already paid
Written by Joan Baez
From the album:
Joan Baez "Diamonds & Rust" (1975)