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Oysterband (or The Oyster Band, as it used to be) is an English electric folk, folk rock, and folk punk band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976.
The band is one of the few outfits still burning with the fire of punk, but managing to combine it with the ideals and knowledge of English folk music - a balancing act they've made into a fine art over the years. And they have deep roots in the U.K. folk scene, emerging from both the Whitstable Oyster Co.
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From the album ”Deserters” (1992.
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdbMwr-yhw
[Verse 1]
E A E
On a corner by the station a man is talking right out loud
A E
Trying to make a pitch, trying to pull a crowd
A E
People hurry past him, they will not give him time
A E
He's holding out a diamond and the price is just one dime
[Verse 2]
A E
He isn't selling Jesus, he isn't selling coke
A E
Board-boys are muttering, "Is this some kinda joke?"
A E
All these travellers, all this passing time
A E
He's holding out the diamond and the price is just one dime
[Chorus]
A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Instrumental]
F#m E
[Verse 3]
E A E
Night falls on the station and on your heart's desire
A E
The diamond in the darkness, a messenger of fire
A E
Don't throw that stone away, you better understand
A E
It's my whole life you're holding in the palm of your hand
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Verse 4]
E A E
Love might be a miner digging in the dark
A E
Love might be a hustler hunting for a mark
A E
Love might be a singer looking for a rhyme
A E
Love might be priceless but the price is still one dime
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A D A
Do you want to buy a diamond, buy a diamond, buy a diamond
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Outro]
F#m E F#m E F#m E
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdbMwr-yhw
[Verse 1]
E A E
On a corner by the station a man is talking right out loud
A E
Trying to make a pitch, trying to pull a crowd
A E
People hurry past him, they will not give him time
A E
He's holding out a diamond and the price is just one dime
[Verse 2]
A E
He isn't selling Jesus, he isn't selling coke
A E
Board-boys are muttering, "Is this some kinda joke?"
A E
All these travellers, all this passing time
A E
He's holding out the diamond and the price is just one dime
[Chorus]
A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Instrumental]
F#m E
[Verse 3]
E A E
Night falls on the station and on your heart's desire
A E
The diamond in the darkness, a messenger of fire
A E
Don't throw that stone away, you better understand
A E
It's my whole life you're holding in the palm of your hand
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Verse 4]
E A E
Love might be a miner digging in the dark
A E
Love might be a hustler hunting for a mark
A E
Love might be a singer looking for a rhyme
A E
Love might be priceless but the price is still one dime
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, he's a crook or he's crazy
A E
So the story goes
D A
But the diamond is real
E
And only one man knows
D A
And if I say I love you
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
D A
And if I say I love you
D A D A
Do you want to buy a diamond, buy a diamond, buy a diamond
D A E
Do you want to buy a diamond for a dime?
[Outro]
F#m E F#m E F#m E
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