Diamonds And Rust

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>From Dave Scott at ([email protected])

DIAMONDS AND RUST - Joan Baez

>From record of same name

Chords are as played; I cannot remember what fret the capo should go on (I play it open in C tuning)

Em Em

Well I'll be damned

Here comes your ghost again

But that's not unusual

Its just that the moon is full

And you happened to call

And here I sit

Hand on the telephone

I'm hearing a voice I'd known

A couple of light years ago

Heading straight for a fall

As I remember,

Your eyes were bluer than robins' eggs

My poetry was lousy you said

Where are you calling from?

A booth in mid-west

Ten years ago

I bought you some cuff-links

You bought me something

We both know what memories can bring

They bring diamonds and rust

You burst on the scene

Already a legend

The unwashed phenomenon

The original vagabond

You strayed into my arms

And there you stayed

Temporarily lost at sea

The madonna was yours for free

The girl on the half-shell

Could keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around

And snow in your hair

Now you're smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel

Over Washington square

Our breath comes out of white clouds

Mingles and hangs in the air

Fmaj7

Speaking strictly for me

G B7

We both could have died then and there

Now your telling me

Your not nostalgic

Then give me another word for it

You who are so good with words

And keeping things vague

'Cos I need some of that vagueness now

Its all come back too clearly

Yes I loved you dearly

And if you're offering diamonds and rust

I've already paid

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The picking sequence for the opening bar is as follows, repeated - slide up 2 frets, D string, to get base

sequence. The remainder uses the same style picking out the base runs (which you can get from the

using the chords shown.

e|-------------------------|

B|-----0---0-------0---0---|

G|----0---0---0---0---0--0-|

D|---- -----2---4---2------|

A|----- 2---------------2--|

E|--0----------------------|

| | | | | |

Between verses, play base on D string from fret 2 to 4 to 2 to 4 to 5 to 4 to 5 then to G string 4th fret,

move to B7 shape before returning to the Em sequence.

Play Fmaj7 using standard F-shape with open top E.

From [email protected] Fri Mar 21 11:24:59 1997

Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez

Tabulature by Nathan Sitkoff

Intro:

E --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

B --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

G ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0-----------0---|

D ------------------------2-------|4-----------2-------------------|

A ------------2-------------------|------------------------2-------|

E 0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

B --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

G ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0-----------0---|

D ------------------------2-------|4-----------2-----------4-------|

A ------------2-------------------|--------------------------------|

E 0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

B ----0-----------0-----------0---|----0-----------0-----------0---|

G --------------------------------|2-----------0-----------2-------|

D 5-----------4-----------5-------|--------------------------------|

A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------3-----------3-----------|--------5-----------5-----------|

B ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------|

G 4-----------4-----------4-------|5-----------5-----------5--/4---|

D --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------3-----------3-----------|--------2-----------2-----------|

B ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------|

G 4-----------4-----------4-------|2-----------2---------------2---|

D --------------------------------|------------------------1-------|

A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------------------2-----------|

B ----------------0-----------0---|

G ------------2-----------2-------| back to original form

D --------1-----------------------|

A 2---2---------------------------|

E --------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Verse:

E --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

B --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

G ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0-----------0---|

D ------------------------2-------|4-----------2-----------0-------|

A ------------2-------------------|--------------------------------|

E 0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------|

B --------1-----------1-----------|--------1-----------1-----------|

G ----0---------------------------|----0-----------0-----------0---|

D ------------0--h2---------------|--------------------------------|

A 3-------------------------------|3-----------2-----------0-------|

E ------------------------3-------|--------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------3-----------3-----------|--------3-----------3-----------|

B --------0-----------0---0h1p0---|--------0-----------0-----------|

G ----0-----------0---------------|----0-----------0---------------|

D ------------0-----------0h2p0---|------------0-------------------|

A --------------------------------|------------------------2---3---|

E 3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E --------2-----------2-----------|--------2-----------2-----------|

B --------3-----------3-----------|--------3-----------3-----------|

G ----2-----------2---------------|----2-----------2-----------0---|

D 0-----------------------0-------|0-----------------------0-------|

A ------------0-------------------|------------0-------------------|