Capo: 2

Black Diamond Strings Guy Clark Dublin Blues Capo 2 key of B if you want to. Chorus

B^Dlack Diamond Strings B^Alack Diamond Strings Drinki^En’ 1 W. Harper Playin??^A? Black Diamond Strings ^DBlack Diamond Strings Are like ^Awhite flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

‘Cause it?^E??s all you ^Acan get

Verse 1

B^Alack Diamond Strings on a C^Datalog G^Auitar That’s pretty high cotton^E whoever yo^Au are You break one you change one, that’s a^Ds good as i^At gets You can play all year long on t^Ewo or three s^Aets

Verse 2

^AJ.W. Crowell was a ^Dhell of a ^Aman He played two nights a week in a ^Ehillbilly ^Aband He played at the Ice House on ^DTelephone ^ARoad He played in the yard just to ^Elighten his ^Aload

Chorus

B^Dlack Diamond Strings B^Alack Diamond Strings Drinki^En’ 1 W. Harper Playin??^A? Black Diamond Strings ^DBlack Diamond Strings Are like ^Awhite flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

‘Cause it?^E??s all you ^Acan get

Verse 3

^AHey J.W ^Dplay that ^AFrauline Let Rodney sit in, hell, ^Ehe’s goin’^A on nine His fingers are bleedin’, but he?^D??s keepin’^A good time Playin’ Black Diamond Strings^E, he’ll never q^Auit tryin’

N/C (spoken) Causette told ‘em both Verse 4

^AYou boys pack it up, ^Dit’s time to g^Ao home We got church in the mornin’, it?^E??s comin?^A?? up dawn Don’t make me say i^Dt again or I?^A??m gone You can stay here forever, but ^Eyou’re gonna wal^Ak home

Chorus

B^Dlack Diamond Strings B^Alack Diamond Strings Drinki^En’ 1 W. Harper Playin??^A? Black Diamond Strings ^DBlack Diamond Strings Are like ^Awhite flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings

‘Cause it?^E??s all you ^Acan get

Guy Clark - Black diamond strings