Diamond Joe chords by Guy Clark

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Verse 1
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C 
Am 
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C 
Am 
Now
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Am 
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Am 
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Am 
there's a man you'll hear about
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C 
Most anywhere you go,
Am 
And his holdings are in Texas
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C 
And his name is Diamond Joe.

Verse 2
Am 
And he carries all his money
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C 
In a diamond- studded jar.
Am 
He never took much trouble
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With the process of the law.
Am 
I hired out to Dia mond

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Verse 3

Joe, boys,

Did offer him my hand,

He gave a string of horses

So old they could not stand.

Verse 4

And I nearly starved to death, boys,

He did mistreat me so,

And I never saved a dollar

In the pay of Diamond Joe.

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Now his bread it was corn dodger

And his meat you couldn't chaw,

Nearly drove me crazy

With the waggin' of his jaw.

Verse 6
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Am 
And the tellin' of his story,
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C 
Mean to let you know
Am 
That there never was a rounder
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C 
That could lie like Diamond Joe.
Am 
Now, I tried three times to quit him,