Diamond In The Rough

Not transcribed or written by me, but could you please add this to

the ftp archives?

Diamond In The Rough

(Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)

Guitar: double-dropped-D tuning (DADGBD - low to high),

capo VIII.

Chords:

C: D A D G B D

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Notes: Please forgive some of my chord names. I have no idea what

the proper names should be. Also, there is a lot of hammering-on

and pulling-off going on throughout the song, which I haven't

bothered to show here, but which, if you watch her ACL video,

you will quickly pick up. I don't think listening to her CD

will help much with all the background instruments drowning

out her guitar sound.

(repeat same progression throughout each verse)

Words:

1: As a little girl I came down to the water

With a little stone in my hand

It would shimmer and sing and we knew everything

As a little girl I came down

2: But in a little while I got steeped in authority

Heaven only knows what went wrong

There is nothing so cruel than to bury that jewel

When it was mine all along, I'm gonna find it

(Bridge)

You're shining, I can see you

You're smiling, that's enough

I'm holding on to you, like a diamond in the rough

3: Every now and then I can see that I'm getting somewhere

Where I have to go is so deep

I was angry back then and you know I still am

I have lost too much sleep, but I'm gonna find it

(repeat Refrain)

Like a diamond in the rough

4: In my dreams I go down by the water

With a little girl in my arms

And we shimmer and sing, and we know everything

In my dreams I go down

(Bridge)

Like a diamond in the rough

--

Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)

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^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..."

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(Lyle Lovett)