Diamonds And Tears

DIAMONDS AND TEARS (Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison)
E|--------------------------------

E|-----------------| 

[Each pair of chords is one measure 
total.]
[In a lot of the E measures, 
hammer-on quickly from 0 to 2 on the
 A string at the beginning of the 
measure.]
[It's possible that this song uses a
 lot of chords with open B and
 high E strings, so that E might be 
x79900, F#m7 might be x44200,
 A might be 577600, B might be 
799800, etc.  See "Outbound Plane."]

E   A   A   A     E   A   A   A
[intro]
E   A   A   A     E   A   A   A
[intro]

E               E
  Spent my life looking for
A                A          
  Happiness like it was buried 
   E        E    A   A
treasure
    E                E
Somewhere behind the secret door
A                   A             
  Surely there were riches beyond 
E       E    E   E
measure

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        B           B
I would take my sanity to task
B             B           A     
  Walk across broken glass to 
    A    Asus9  Asus9
find it
       B                B
And no mountain top was left 
unclimbed
B               B            A  
  Before I ever took the time to
        A      A   A
 look inside me

                E    B  F#m7  A 
These dreams of mine,       
           E    B   F#m7  A
these precious years
         A       A  B      B    
Oh how they shine     like 
       E     B   F#m7  A
diamonds and tears
                  E    B  F#m7   
The slow grace of time,      the 
A          E     B   F#m7   A
joy and the fears
         A       A  B      B    
Oh how they shine     like 
       E     A    A    A     E  
diamonds and tears   [similar to
 A   A   A
 intro]

Oh sure, there was love
And of course I thought it'd be my 
salvation
And in a way, I guess he was
There's always room for higher 
education

Yes, I have said and heard the word 
goodbye
Felt the blade and turned the knife 
sideways
But I'd crossed bridges while they'd
 burn
To keep from losing what I've 
learned along the way

These dreams of mine, these precious
 years
Oh how they shine like diamonds and 
tears
The slow grace of time, the joy and 
the fears
Oh how they shine like diamonds and 
tears

E   A   A   A     E   A.
[ending, similar to intro]