Diamonds and Rust chords
by Joan BaezSong Key: F Minor (Relative to G# Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 65 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Intermediate
Guitar Chords in Em: Em, Em(add9), Em/G, Em/A, Em*, Am(add9)/E, B7/D#, B7, C, G, D, Esus4, Am, Am7, Bm7, Fmaj7, Em/B, Am/B... charts below.
Capo: 1st fret (to play along with the video in Fm)
Please Note: Em* is an alternative voicing of the regular Em
Play-Along Video & Chord Charts
Fingers 1, 2, 3, 4: Notes played Unmarked strings: Play open x: Don't play string Em Em(add9) Em/G Em/A e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---|---| e |---|---| e |---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---|---| B |---|---| B |---|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|---|---|---| G |---|---| G |---|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |---|---|---|-4-| D |-1-|---| D |-3-|---| A |---|-1-|---| A |---|-1-|---|---| A |---|---|x A |---|---|x D |---|---|---| D |---|---|---|---| D |---|---|x D |---|---|x Frets 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Em* Am(add9)/E C Esus4 e |---|---|-2-|---| e |---|---|---|---|-4-| e |---|---|---| e |---|---| B |---|---|---|---| B |---|---|---|---|---| B |-1-|---|---| B |---|---| G |---|---|---|-3-| G |---|---|---|---|-3-| G |---|---|---| G |---|---| D |---|-1-|---|---| D |---|-1-|---|---|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |-4-|---| A |---|---|---|---|x A |---|---|---|---|---|x A |---|---|-3-| A |-3-|---| D |---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---| Frets 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 7 8 B7/D# B7 G D e |---|-4-|---| e |---|-4-|---| e |---|---|-4-| e |---|-2-|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|-3-| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|-1-|---| D |-1-|---|---| D |-1-|---|---| D |---|---|---| D |---|---|---| A |---|---|---|x A |---|-2-|---| A |---|-2-|---| A |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|-3-| D |---|---|---|x Frets 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Am Bm7 Am7 Fmaj7 e |---|---|---| e |---|-1-|---|---| e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---| B |-1-|---|---| B |---|-1-|-2-|---| B |-1-|---|---| B |-1-|---|---| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|-1-|---|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|-2-|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |---|-1-|---|-3-| D |---|-2-|---| D |---|---|-3-| A |---|---|---| A |---|-1-|---|---| A |---|---|---| A |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x Frets 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 Em/B Am/B e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |-1-|---|---|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|-4-|---|---| D |---|-3-|---| D |---|-3-|---|---| A |---|-2-|---| A |---|-2-|---|---| D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|x Frets 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingers 1, 2, 3, 4: Notes played Unmarked strings: Play open x: Don't play string Em Em(add9) Em/G Em/A e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---|---| e |---|---| e |---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---|---| B |---|---| B |---|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|---|---|---| G |---|---| G |---|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |-4-|---|---|---| D |---|-1-| D |---|-3-| A |---|-1-|---| A |---|---|-1-|---| A |---|---|x A |---|---|x D |---|---|---| D |---|---|---|---| D |---|---|x D |---|---|x 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 6 5 8 7 Frets Em* Am(add9)/E C Esus4 e |---|-2-|---|---| e |-4-|---|---|---|---| e |---|---|---| e |---|---| B |---|---|---|---| B |---|---|---|---|---| B |---|---|-1-| B |---|---| G |-3-|---|---|---| G |-3-|---|---|---|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|---| D |---|---|-1-|---| D |---|---|---|-1-|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |---|-4-| A |---|---|---|---|x A |---|---|---|---|---|x A |-3-|---|---| A |---|-3-| D |---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---| 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 8 7 Frets B7/D# B7 G D e |---|-4-|---| e |---|-4-|---| e |-4-|---|---| e |---|-2-|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |-3-|---|---| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|-1-|---| |---|---|-1-| D |---|---|-1-| D |---|---|---| D |---|---|---| A |---|---|---|x A |---|-2-|---| A |---|-2-|---| A |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |-3-|---|---| D |---|---|---|x 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 Frets Am Bm7 Am7 Fmaj7 e |---|---|---| e |---|---|-1-|---| e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---| B |---|---|-1-| B |---|-2-|-1-|---| B |---|---|-1-| B |---|---|-1-| G |---|-3-|---| G |---|---|-1-|---| G |---|---|---| G |---|-2-|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |-3-|---|-1-|---| D |---|-2-|---| D |-3-|---|---| A |---|---|---| A |---|---|-1-|---| A |---|---|---| A |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|x 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 Frets Em/B Am/B e |---|---|---| e |---|---|---|---| B |---|---|---| B |---|---|---|-1-| G |---|---|---| G |---|---|-4-|---| D |---|-3-|---| D |---|---|-3-|---| A |---|-2-|---| A |---|---|-2-|---| D |---|---|---|x D |---|---|---|---|x 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 Frets
Diamonds and Rust
Intro: 4/4
| Em | Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
| Em/G | Em/A | Em* | Am(add9)/E |
| Em* | B7/D# | B7 | Em |
| Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
Em Em(add9) - Em C
1. Well I'll be damned Here comes your ghost a-gain
G D
But that's not un-u-su-al It's just that the moon is full
Em | Em(add9) - Em |
And you hap-pened to call
Em Em(add9) - Em C
And here I sit Hand on the te-le-phone
G D
Hear-ing a voice I'd known A cou-ple of light years a-go
| Em | Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
Head-ing straight for a fall
Em Em(add9) - Em C
3. As I re-mem-ber your eyes Were blu-er than ro-bin's eggs
G D
My po-e-try was lou-sy you said Where are you cal-ling from?
Em | Em(add9) - Em |
A booth in the mid-west
Em Em(add9) - Em C
Ten years a-go I bought you some cuff-links
G D
You brought me some-thing We both know what me-mo-ries can bring
| Em | Em(add9) - Em |
They bring dia-monds and rust
Instr:| Em | Esus4 | Em* | Am |
| Em* | B7/D# | B7 | Em |
| Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
Em Em(add9) - Em C
4. Well you burst on the scene Al-rea-dy a le-gend
G D
The un-washed phe-no-me-non The o-ri-gi-nal va-ga-bond
Em | Em(add9) - Em |
You strayed in-to my arms
Em Em(add9) - Em C
And there you stayed Temp-o-ra-ri-ly lost at sea
G D
The Ma-don-na was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell
| Em | Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
Would keep you un-harmed
Bm7
Bridge: Now I see you stand-ing with brown leaves fal-ling a-round
Am7
And snow in your hair
Bm7
Now you're smi-ling out the win-dow of that crum-my hotel
Am7
Over Wash-ing-ton Square
C G
Our breath comes out white clouds Min-gles and hangs in the air
Fmaj7 G | G | B7 |
Speak-ing stric-tly for me we both could have died then and there
Instr: | Em/B | Am/B | Em/B | Am | B7 |
| Em | Em(add9) - Em | Em | Em(add9) - Em |
Em Em(add9) - Em C
7. Now you're tel-ling me You're not nos-tal-gic
G D
Then give me a-no-ther word for it You who are so good with words
Em | Em(add9) - Em |
And at keep-ing things vague
Em Em(add9) - Em C
Because I need some of that vague-ness now It's all come back too clear-ly
G D
Yes I loved you dear-ly And if you're off-e-ring me dia-monds and rust
||: Em | Em(add9) - Em :||... repeat to fade
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Song Details:
- Songwriters: Joan Baez
- Written: November 1974
- Lyrics Begin: Well I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again,
- Performing Artist: Joan Baez
- Genre: Folk rock
- Album: Diamonds & Rust
Recorded: January 1975
Released: April 1975
