Chords:
{t:Diamond Joe}
{artist:Ramblin Jack Elliott}
{key:C}
Jack Elliott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL-1_LHZxOc
{sos}
[G] Now There's a man you'll hear a[Em]bout
Most [C] anyplace you [G] go
{eos}
[G] Now There's a man you'll hear a-[Em]bout
Most [C] anyplace you [G] go,
And his [C] holdings are in [G]Tex-[Em]as
And his name is [G] Diamond [Em] Joe.
{c: }
And he [C] carries all his [G] money
In a diamond-studded [Em] jar.
And he [G] never was much [Em] bothered
By the [C] process of [G] the law.
{c: }
[G] I hired out to Diamond Joe, [Em] boys,
I did [C] offer him my [G] hand,
And he [C] gave me a string of [G] horses
So [C] old they could [G] not stand.
{c: }
[G] And I like to starve to death, [Em] boys,
He [C] did mistreat me [Em] so,
I [G] never saved a [Em] dollar
In the [C] pay of Diamond [G] Joe.
{sos}
[G] Now There's a man you'll hear a-[Em]bout
Most [C] anyplace you [G] go,
And his [C] holdings are in [G]Tex-[Em]as
And his name is [G] Diamond [Em] Joe.
And he [C] carries all his [G] money
In a diamond-studded [Em] jar.
And he [G] never was much [Em] bothered
By the [C] process of [G] the law.
{eos}
[G] Now his bread it was corn dod[Em]ger
And his [C] meat I couldn't [G] chaw,
And he [C] drove me now dis[Em]tracted
With the waggin' of [G] his jaw.
{c: }
And the [C] tellin' of his [G] story,
I [Em] aim to let you [G] know
There [G] never was a roun[Em]der
That [C] lied like Diamond [G] Joe.
{c: }
[G] Now, I tried three times to quit him, [Em] boys
But [G] he did argue [Em] so
But [G] I'm still punchin' catt-[Em]le
In the [C] pay of Diamond [G] Joe
{c: }
[G] And when I'm called up yon[Em]der
And [C] it comes my time to [G] go,
Give my [C] blankets to my [Em] buddies
Give the [C] fleas to Diamond [G] Joe.
