Black Diamond Bay chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major) (B minor)
(C major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (B minor) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (C major)
(D major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
(E minor) Up on the white veranda
(C major) She wears a necktie and a
(G major) Panama hat (D major) (E minor)
Her passport shows a face
From (C major) another time and place
She looks (G major) nothing like that
And (B minor) all the remnants of
her (C major) re cent (D major) pas (C major) t
Are (D major) scattered (G major) in the wild wind
She walks (B minor) across the marble
floor
Where a voice (C major) (D major) from the gambling (C major)
room (D major) is (G major) callin' her to come on in
She smiles, (B minor) walks the other way (A minor)
As the last (C major) ship (D major) sails (C major) (D major) and the
moon fades away (C major)
From Black Dia (G major) mond Bay (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
(E minor) As the morning light breaks open,
the (C major) Greek comes down
And he asks for a rope and a
(G major) pen that will write (D major)
(E minor) Pardon, monsieur, the desk clerk says
(C major) Carefully removes his fez
Am I (G major) hearing you right
And as the (B minor) yellow fog is lifting
The Greek (C major) (D major) is quickly (C major) (D major) (G major) heading
for the second floor
She passes (B minor) him on the spiral staircase
(C major) Think (D major) ing (C major) he's the (D major) So (G major) viet
Ambassador
She starts (B minor) to speak, but he walks away (A minor)
As the storm (C major) (D major) clouds (C major) rise (D major) and
the palm branches sway (C major)
On Black Dia (G major) mond Bay (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
A (E minor) soldier sits beneath the fan
(C major) Doing business with a tiny man
who sells (G major) him a ring (D major)
(E minor) Lightning strikes, the lights blow out
The (C major) desk clerk wakes and
begins to shout
Can you (G major) see anything
Then the Greek (B minor) appears
on the second floor
In his (C major) bare (D major) feet (C major) with a (D major) rope (G major)
around his neck
While a (B minor) loser in the gambling
room (C major) lights (D major) up a candle (C major)
(D major) Says, open up an (G major) other deck
But the deal (B minor) er says,
attendez- vous, s'il vous plait (A minor)
As the rain (C major) (D major) beats (C major) down (D major) and
the cranes fly away (C major)
From Black Dia (G major) mond Bay
Verse 4
The (E minor) desk clerk heard the woman laugh
As he (C major) looked around the aftermath
and the sol (G major) dier got tough
(D major) He (E minor) tried to grab the woman's hand
Said, (C major) here's a ring, it cost a grand
She said, (G major) that ain't enough
Then she (B minor) ran upstairs
to pack her bags
While a (C major) horse- (D major) drawn tax (C major) (D major) i
waited (G major) at the curb
She passed (B minor) the door that the
Greek had locked
Where a (C major) handwrit (D major) ten sign (C major) read, (D major)
(G major) do not disturb
She (B minor) knocked upon it anyway
(A minor) As the sun (C major) (D major) went (C major) down
(D major) and the music did play (C major)
On Black Dia (G major) mond Bay
Verse 5
I've (E minor) got to talk to someone quick
But the (C major) Greek said, go away,
and he kicked the chair (G major) to the floor
(D major) He (E minor) hung there from the chandelier
She (C major) cried, help, there's danger near
Please (G major) open up the door
Then the volcano (B minor) erupted
And the lava (C major) (D major) flowed (C major) down (D major) (G major) from the
mountain high above
The sol (B minor) dier and the tiny man
were crouched (C major) (D major) in the corner (C major) (D major)
(G major) Thinking of forbidden love
But the desk (B minor) clerk said,
it happens every day (A minor)
As the stars (C major) (D major) fell (C major) down (D major) and the
fields burned away (C major)
On Black Dia (G major) mond Bay
Verse 6
(E minor) As the island slowly sank
The (C major) loser finally broke the bank
in the gambling (G major) room
(D major) The (E minor) dealer said, it's too late now
You can (C major) take your money,
but I don't know how
You'll spend (G major) it in the tomb
The tiny (B minor) man bit the soldier's ear
As the (C major) floor (D major) caved (C major) in and the (D major) boil (G major) er
in the basement blew
While she's (B minor) out on the balcony,
where a (C major) stranger (D major) tell (C major) s her (D major)
My darling, (G major) je vous aime beaucoup
She shed (B minor) s a tear and then begins to pray (A minor)
As the fire (C major) (D major) burns (C major) on (D major) and the
smoke drifts away (C major)
From Black Dia (G major) mond Bay
Verse 7
I (G major) was (E minor) sitting home alone
one night (C major) in L.A.
Watching old Cronkite on the
(G major) seven o'clock news
(D major) It (E minor) seems there was an earthquake that
Left (C major) nothing but a Panama hat
And a (G major) pair of old Greek shoes
Didn't seem (B minor) like much was happening
So I turned (C major) (D major) it (C major) off and (D major) (G major) went
to grab another beer
Seems like (B minor) every time you
turn around
There's (C major) an other (D major) hard- (C major) luck (D major) (G major) story
that you're gonna hear
And there's (B minor) really nothing
anyone can say (A minor)
And I nev (C major) er (D major) did (C major) plan (D major) to go anyway (C major)
To Black Dia (G major) mond Bay
Outro 1
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(E minor) (C major) (G major)
(B minor) (C major)
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(G major) (B minor) (A minor) (C major) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Black Diamond Bay
Bob Dylan
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