Diamond Joe chords by Guy Clark
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Verse 1
(A minor) Now (F major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
(C major) there's a man you'll (A minor) hear about
Most (G major) anywhere you (C major) go,
And his (A minor) holdings are in Texas
And his name is (G major) Diamond (C major) Joe.
Verse 2
And he (A minor) carries all his money
In a (F major) diamond- studded (C major) jar.
He never (A minor) took much trouble
With the (F major) process (C major) of the law.
I hired out to (A minor) Dia mond
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Verse 3
Joe, boys,
Did offer (C major) him my hand,
He (A minor) gave a string of horses
So (F major) old they (C major) could not stand.
Verse 4
And I nearly (A minor) starved to death, boys,
He (D minor) did mis (G major) treat me (C major) so,
And I never saved (G major) a (A minor) dollar
In the (F major) pay of (G major) Diamond (C major) Joe.
Interlude 1
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(A minor) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 5
Now his bread it was corn (A minor) dodger
And his (F major) meat you couldn't (C major) chaw,
Nearly (A minor) drove me crazy
With the waggin' (C major) of his jaw.
Verse 6
And (C major) the (A minor) tellin' of his story,
(F major) Mean to (G major) let you (C major) know
That there never was a (A minor) rounder
That could (F major) lie like Dia (C major) mond Joe.
Now, I tried three times to quit him, (A minor)
Verse 7
But (F major) he did (G major) ar gue (C major) so
(A minor) I'm still punchin' cattle
In the (F major) pay of (C major) Diamond Joe.
Verse 8
And (A minor) when I'm called up yonder
And (F major) it's my time (C major) to go,
Give my blankets (A minor) to my buddies
Give the (F major) fleas to (G major) Diamond Joe. (C major)
Diamond Joe
Guy Clark
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