Diamonds And Rust

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Well I'll be damned
                C
Here comes your ghost again
                 G
But that's not unusual
                   D
It's just that the moon is full
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And you happened to call

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And here I sit
            C
Hand on the telephone
          G
Hearing a voice I'd known
            D
A couple of light years ago
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Heading straight for a fall

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As I remember your eyes
                C
Were bluer than robin's eggs
              G
My poetry was lousy you said
              D
Where are you calling from?
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A booth in the Midwest

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Ten years ago
                  C
I bought you some cufflinks
               G
You brought me something
                  D
We both know what memories can bring
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They bring diamonds and rust

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Well you burst on the scene
          C
Already a legend
                G
The unwashed phenomenon
             D
The original vagabond
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You strayed into my arms

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And there you stayed
            C
Temporarily lost at sea
                G
The Madonna was yours for free
                    D
Yes the girl on the half-shell
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Would keep you unharmed

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Now I see you standing

With brown leaves falling around
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And snow in your hair
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Now you're smiling out the window

Of that crummy hotel
                Am
Over Washington Square
    C
Our breath comes out white clouds
                         G
Mingles and hangs in the air
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Speaking strictly for me
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We both could have died then and there

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Now you're telling me
              C
You're not nostalgic
                     G
Then give me another word for it
               D
You who are so good with words
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And at keeping things vague

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Because I need some of that vagueness now
                       C
It's all come back too clearly
                G
Yes I loved you dearly
                          D
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
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I've already paid

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