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Diamond In The Rough

Biography:

Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs".

Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music

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Not transcribed or written by me, but could you please add this to
the ftp archives?

Diamond In The Rough

(Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)

Guitar: double-dropped-D tuning (DADGBD - low to high),
capo VIII.

Chords:

C: D A D G B D
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G/D: G:
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H H

A: D*:
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_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
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_o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_

C/D: D:
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Notes: Please forgive some of my chord names. I have no idea what
the proper names should be. Also, there is a lot of hammering-on
and pulling-off going on throughout the song, which I haven't
bothered to show here, but which, if you watch her ACL video,
you will quickly pick up. I don't think listening to her CD
will help much with all the background instruments drowning
out her guitar sound.

Intro: G/D G D G G/D G D A D

(repeat same progression throughout each verse)

Words:

1: As a little girl I came down to the water
With a little stone in my hand
It would shimmer and sing and we knew everything
As a little girl I came down

2: But in a little while I got steeped in authority
Heaven only knows what went wrong
There is nothing so cruel than to bury that jewel
When it was mine all along, I'm gonna find it

(Bridge)
A C A D C D
You're shining, I can see you
A C A D C D
You're smiling, that's enough
A C A D G D G G/D D
I'm holding on to you, like a diamond in the rough

3: Every now and then I can see that I'm getting somewhere
Where I have to go is so deep
I was angry back then and you know I still am
I have lost too much sleep, but I'm gonna find it

(repeat Refrain)
Like a diamond in the rough

4: In my dreams I go down by the water
With a little girl in my arms
And we shimmer and sing, and we know everything
In my dreams I go down

(Bridge)
Like a diamond in the rough

--
Marc Hirsh ([email protected])

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^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..."
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