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Date: 09 Sep 95 14:45:25 EDT
 From: Dave Scott <100620.3037@compuserve.com>
 Subject: Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez
 >From Dave Scott at (100620.3037@compuserve.com)
 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
                 C
 Here comes your ghost again
                 G
 But that's not unusual
                   D
 Its just that the moon is full
                     Em 
 And you happened to call
     Em
 And here I sit
             C
 Hand on the telephone
                 G
 I'm hearing a voice I'd known
             D 
 A couple of light years ago
                        Em
 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
 
 
       Bm 
 Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around
                  Am
 And snow in your hair
      Bm
 Now you're smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel
                 Am
 Over Washington square
       C
 Our breath comes out of white clouds
                          G
 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
 
 
 ----------------------****--------------------------------
 
 
 The picking sequence for the opening bar is as follows, repeated - slide up 2 frets, D string, to get base run sequence.  The remainder uses the same style picking out the base runs (which you can get from the record) using the chords shown.  
 
 Em
 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, then move to B7 shape before returning to the Em sequence.
 Play Fmaj7 using standard F-shape with open top E.
 
 
 
 From sitkoff@greed.cs.umass.edu Fri Mar 21 11:24:59 1997
 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:51:51 -0500 (EST)
 From: Nathan Sitkoff 
 
 Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
 
 Tabulature by Nathan Sitkoff
 
 Intro:
 
   Em
 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 --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
 B7
 E --------------------2-----------|
 B ----------------0-----------0---|
 G ------------2-----------2-------|	back to original form
 D --------1-----------------------|
 A 2---2---------------------------|
 E --------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
 
 Verse:
   
   Em
 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-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
   C
 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-------|--------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
   G
 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-------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
   D
 E --------2-----------2-----------|--------2-----------2-----------|
 B --------3-----------3-----------|--------3-----------3-----------|
 G ----2-----------2---------------|----2-----------2-----------0---|
 D 0-----------------------0-------|0-----------------------0-------|
 A ------------0-------------------|------------0-------------------|
 E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
   Em
 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-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  

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