Key: B major
Verse 1
B
F#
B
If there's a diamond in my mind
F#
B
Will it dwindle down to naught
G#m
F#
Or will it always be defined
B
F#
If I can't fix it in my heart
Verse 2
C#
B
So I'm returning to
F#
C#
the place
B
That I might look into your
F#
C#
eyes
B
F#
And look so hard that I can taste
D#m
That winter sun that never
F#
D#m
sets
The swallow caught up in the nets
F#
D#m
F#
The perfect chorus when it hits
B
F#
Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave
Verse 3
B
G#m
F#
Was heading northward when I saw
B
G#m
F#
B
That empty house out in the mist
G#m
F#
B
There are traces left for sure
F#
On every mouth you ever kissed
Verse 4
C#
B
So I'm returning to
F#
C#
the word
B
F#
That I might look between the lines
C#
B
That I might dutifully recall
F#
D#m
The blue within your
F#
D#m
seagull stare
F#
The funny ways you had to care
D#m
F#
For every little thing beyond compare
B
Don't slam the door, boy,
Interlude 1
when you leave
F#
B
G#m
F#
B
G#m
F#
B
G#m
F#
B
C#
Verse 5
D#m
F#
So now I'm calling in the gulf
D#m
F#
When you went walking with the wolf
D#m
F#
Hey boy, you really brought it on yourself
B
Don't slam the door,
F#
now, when you leave
Verse 6
D#m
F#
The strangest for we ever faced
D#m
F#
The stark in every staging grace
D#m
F#
Is crushing diamonds into paste
B
Don't slam the door, boy,
F#
B
when you leave
Don't slam the door, boy, when you leave
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ChordsB F# G#m C# D#m
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