I Gave My Love A Diamond

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[Verse 1]
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I gave my love a diamond, a ten 
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cent stone
I gave her lonely teardrops and 
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nights alone
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I gave my love a promise  that had 
no truth
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What good is a promise without no 
E
truth?

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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I gave my love a fortune in 
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silver and gold
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I gave it to her lie, by lie, by 
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lie, by lie that I had told
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I gave my love a story that had no 
end
         E         B         A   
What good  is a story that's got 
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no end? Tell me..

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I wrote her that we would marry
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In about, a-one years time
I wrote her in a boxcar on the 
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Memphis Line
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I sent my love a letter  without no 
stamp, ha
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And what good is a letter without
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 no stamp?

[Otro]
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   Good-bye baby
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I'm feelin' so alone
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I'm movin' on
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I ain't got no small change
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And don't call me, I'll call you
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See ya!