Diamonds on the inside

By Ben Harper



Riff



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Verse 1



G

I new a girl

Am

Her name was truth

Bm        Am       G     G

She was a horrible lair

G                  Am

She couldn’t spend one day alone

Bm        Am            G     G

But she couldn’t be satisfied

G            Am

When you have everything

Bm          Am          G     G

You have everything to lose

G                Am

She made herself a bed of nails

Bm             Am                    G     G

And she’s planning on putting it to use



Chorus (Below is the riff for the C chord )



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         F           C         G

But she had diamonds on the inside

F          C               G

She had diamonds on the inside

F          C               G

She had diamonds on the inside

F  C  G

Diamonds



Verse 2 (1:15 2:03)



G                                     Am

A candle throws its light into the darkness

Bm                Am                G     G

In a nasty world so shines a good deed

G                      Am

Make sure the fortune that you seek

Bm       Am               G     G

Is the fortune that you need



G               Am

Tell me why the first to ask

Bm              Am          G     G

Is the last to give every time

G                Am

What you say and do not mean

Bm         Am       G     G

Follows you close behind



Chorus



F          C              G

She had diamonds on the inside

F          C              G

She had diamonds on the inside

F           C              G

She wore diamonds on the inside

F  C  G  F  C  G

Diamonds diamonds



Solo



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Verse 3



G                                  Am

Like the soldier long standing under fire

Bm          Am          G     G

Any change comes as a relief

G                             Am

Let the givers name remain unspoken

Bm           Am          G     G

She is just a generous thief





Chorus



   F           C         G

She had diamonds on the inside

   F           C         G

She had diamonds on the inside

   F            C          G

She wore diamonds on the inside

   F    C    G

She wore diamonds

  F  C   G

Oh diamonds

   F     C    G

She had diamonds

   F     C     G

She wore diamonds

F  C  G

Diamonds