Black Diamond Bay

Note: the Em, C, G progression can 
be played best if you first pick a
bass note (listen to album for 
pitch) then strum the chord.  Also C
can be alternated with
C/G if you prefer.

Chords used:
Em - 022000
C  - X32010
C/G -  302010
G  - 320003
D  - XX0232
Am - X02210
Am7 -  X02010

Verse
Em
Up on the white veranda
C                           G
She wears a neck tie and a panama 
hat
Em
Her passport shows her face from
C                              
Another time and place she looks 
   G
nothing like that
D
And all of the remnants of her
C   D    C   Em   G
Recent past are scattered in the 
wild wind
D
She walks across the marble floor 
where a
C      D        C        Em     
Voice from the gambling room is 
 G
calling her to come on in
     Em                     Am
She smiles walks the other way
        C    D    C     Em      
As the last ship sails and the 
Am         C
moon fades away
      C     Am7 Am  G         C 
>From Black Diamond Bay
Am7 Am G


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 verses)

As the morning light breaks open
The Greek walks down and he asks for
 a rope and a pen that will write
Pardon monsieur the Desk Clerk says
Carefully removes his fez, am I 
hearing you right
And as the yellow fog is lifting
The Greek is quickly heading for the
 second floor
She passes him on the spiral 
staircase
Thinking he's the Soviet ambassador
She starts to speak but he walks 
away
As the storm clouds rise and the 
palm branches sway
On Black Diamond Bay

A Soldier sits beneath the fan doing
Business with the Tiny Man who sells
 him a ring
Lightning strikes the lights blow 
out
The Desk Clerk wakes he begins to 
shout can you see anything
Then the Greek appears on the second
 floor in his
Barefeet with a rope around his neck
While the loser in the gambling room
Lights up a candle says open up 
another deck
But the dealer says attendez-vous 
sil vous plait
As the rain beats down and the 
cranes fly away
>From Black Diamond Bay

The Desk Clerk heard the Woman laugh
 as he
Looked around in the aftermath and 
the soldier got tough
He tried to grab the Woman's hand
Said here's a ring it cost a grand 
she said that ain't enough
Then she ran upstairs to pack her 
bags while a
Horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb
She passed the door that the Greek 
had locked where a
Hand-written sign read Do not 
disturb
She knocked upon it anyway
As the sun went down and the music 
did play
On Black Diamond Bay

I've got talk to someone quick but 
the
Greek said go away and kicked the 
chair to the floor
He hung there from the chandelier 
she
Cried help there's danger near 
please open up the door
Then the volcano erupted and the
Lava flowed down from the mountain 
high above
The Soldier and the Tiny Man were
Crouched in the corner thinking of 
forbidden love
The Desk Clerk says it happens every
 day
As the stars fell down and the 
fields burned away
On Black Diamond Bay

As the island slowly sank the
Loser finally broke the bank in the 
gambling room
The dealer said it's too late now 
you can
Take your money but I don't know how
 you'll spend it in the tomb
The Tiny Man bit the Soldier's ear 
as the
Floor caved in and the boiler in the
 basement blew
While she's out on the balcony where
 a
Stranger tells her my darling je 
vous aime beaucoup
She sheds a tear then begins to pray
As the fire burns on and the smoke 
drifts away
On Black Diamond Bay

I was sitting home alone one night 
in
LA watching old Cronkite on the 
seven o'clock news
It seems there was an earthquake 
there
Left nothing but a panama hat and a 
pair of old Greek shoes
Didn't seem like much was happening 
so I
Turned it off and went to grab 
another beer
Seems like every time you turn 
around there's
Another hard luck story that you're 
gonna hear
And there's really nothing anyone 
can say
And I never did plan to go anyway
To Black Diamond Bay

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