Black Diamond Strings
Guy Clark
Dublin Blues
Capo 2 key of B if you want to.
Chorus
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Black Diamond Strings
E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond Strings
E A
‘Cause it’s all you can get
Verse 1
A D A
Black Diamond Strings on a Catalog Guitar
E A
That’s pretty high cotton whoever you are
D A
You break one you change one, that’s as good as it gets
E A
You can play all year long on two or three sets
Verse 2
A D A
J.W. Crowell was a hell of a man
E A
He played two nights a week in a hillbilly band
D A
He played at the Ice House on Telephone Road
E A
He played in the yard just to lighten his load
Chorus
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Black Diamond Strings
E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond Strings
E A
‘Cause it’s all you can get
Verse 3
A D A
Hey J.W play that Frauline
E A
Let Rodney sit in, hell, he’s goin’ on nine
D A
His fingers are bleedin’, but he’s keepin’ good time
E A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings, he’ll never quit tryin’
N/C
(spoken) Causette told ‘em both
Verse 4
A D A
You boys pack it up, it’s time to go home
E A
We got church in the mornin’, it’s comin’ up dawn
D A
Don’t make me say it again or I’m gone
E A
You can stay here forever, but you’re gonna walk home
Chorus
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Black Diamond Strings
E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
A
Are like white flour and grits
You play Black Diamond Strings
E A
‘Cause it’s all you can get