Diamonds
Lisa Loeb - The Way It Really Is

Capo 2

CHORDS:

Am 002210
Em 022000
F  133211
Dm xx0231
C  032010
G  320033


Intro:  Am   Em


Am             Em
Diamonds are a ritual

  Am           Em
a prize in the cracker jack

  Am            Em             F
a name that you won’t get back.


Am             Em
Diamonds are a runaround

  Am             Em
a game you can’t win

          Am            Em         F 
while you wait for your life to begin.


Prechorus:


Dm  
Missed the party

C
drank the punch

    G                F
the drunk ones are a lucky bunch.



Am            Em   
Diamonds play singles

   Am           Em
so sharp and abrasive

     Am                 Em 
just look at their poor faces

     F
it’s sad.



     Am         Em
It’s not in the cards for them

     Am            Em
look down at their hands

           Am        
you’ll see nothing

     Em            F
just emptiness and misery.


Dm        
Missed the party

C
drank the punch

G                    F
the drunk ones are a lucky bunch.


Dm             G                 C         F
Drink til they can’t tell what’s wrong.

Dm             G                 C
Drink til they can’t tell what’s wrong.


Am Em


Am             Em
Diamonds are a piece of twine

    Am          Em
the seal on the envelope

Am         Em          F
some guarantee of hope.


Am                Em
Diamonds are just rocks that shine

   Am          Em
so I’m not the diamond kind.

     Am          Em           F
I’ll never see a diamond mine.


Dm 
Missed the party

C
drank the punch

G                     F
the drunk ones are a lucky bunch.


Dm               G                     C              F
Cause they can’t remember when they’ve had such a bad time.

Dm               G                     C              F
Cause they can’t remember when they’ve had such a bad time.

Dm             G                     C              F
No, they can’t remember when they’ve had such a bad time.

 
Am                    Em
Set, they make diamond rings.

Am                    Em
Diamonds are the hardest things.