DARK DIAMOND -- ELTON JOHN, "Songs from the West Coast"(2001)
Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015
Capo I
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INTRO
Am F | G | Am F | G |
VERSE
Am Dm7
Oh, I'm a dark diamond
G7 C
I've turned hard and cold
F Dm7 G
Once was a jewel with fire in my soul
Am Dm7
There's two sides of a mirror
G7 C
One I couldn't break through
F Dm7 E7
Stayed trapped on the inside, wound up losing you
CHORUS
C
Tell me how does it work
C7/E F
How do you make things fit
Em F
Spent all my life trying to get it right
Dm7 G7
I've put it together and it falls apart
C C7/E F
I thought to myself I might understand
E
But when the wall's built
F Dm7
And the heart hardens
G7 C
You get a dark diamond
(harmonica solo)
C Am | F
G7 C Am | Dm7 G
Dark diamond
VERSE
Am Dm7
Oh, I'm a dark diamond
G7 C
But you're something else
F Dm7 G7
You read me more than I read myself
Am Dm7
The one star I could count on
G7 C
Only comet I could trust
F Dm7 E7
You burnt through my life to the true meaning of love
CHORUS
C
Tell me how does it work
C7/E F
How do you make things fit
Em F
Spent all my life trying to get it right
Dm7 G7
I've put it together and it falls apart
C C7/E F
I thought to myself I might understand
E
But when the wall's built
F Dm7
And the heart hardens
G7 C
You get a dark diamond
(harmonica solo)
C Am | F
G7 C Am | Dm7 G
Dark diamond
INSTRUMENTAL
(harmonica solo)
Am Dm7 | G7 C | F Dm7 | E7
CHORUS
C
Tell me how does it work
C7/E F
How do you make things fit
Em F
Spent all my life trying to get it right
Dm7 G7
I've put it together and it falls apart
C C7/E F
I thought to myself I might understand
E
But when the wall's built
F Dm7
And the heart hardens
G7 C
You get a dark diamond
(harmonica solo)
C Am | F
G7 C Am | Dm7
Dark diamond
G7 C Am | F
You get a dark diamond
G7 Am F | Dm7 G7
Dark diamond
G7 C Am
You get a dark diamond
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-ClassicalfreaK