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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Diamond Joe</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Trad.<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Good As I Been To You</a> (1992)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Capo 4th fret (sounding key B major)</p>
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  22 <p>The figure in the second tab below (G-/f#-C or -Em) is used for that
  23 descent at all other places, except at &ldquo;He nearly drove me crazy&rdquo;,
  24 where the descent is on the 6th string.</p>
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  28 <pre class="tab">
  29      G                 Em                                  C
  30      :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  31 ---|-----------------|-----0-0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  32 ---|-----0-0---------|-----0-0-----0---|-----0-------0-0-|-----1--(1)1-1-1-|
  33 ---|-----0-0---------|-----0-0-----0---|-0---0-------0-0-|-----0--(0)0-0-0-|
  34 ---|-----0-0-----0---|-0h2-----2-------|(2)--2-------0-0-|-----2--(2)2-2-2-|
  35 -0-|---------0h2-----|-----------------|(2)------0h2-----|-3---------------|
  36 ---|-0h3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  37 </pre>
  38 <pre class="tab">
  39   G
  40   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  41 |-----------------|-----------------|-----
  42 |-----0-----0-0---|-----0-----0-0-0-|-----
  43 |-----0-----0-0---|-----0-----0-0-0-|-----
  44 |-----0-----0-0---|-----0-----0-----|-----
  45 |-----2-----2-2---|-----2-----------|-----
  46 |-3---------------|-3---------------|-----
  47                                 Now . . .
  48 </pre>
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  50 <pre class="verse">
  51     G                    Em
  52 Now there's a man you'll hear about
  53      C            G   C/g G
  54 Most anywhere you go,
  55         G               Em
  56 And his holdings are in Texas
  57         C               G
  58 And his name is Diamond Joe.
  59        G               Em
  60 And he carries all his money
  61      C               G
  62 In a diamond-studded jar.
  63    G               Em
  64 He never took much trouble
  65          C              G
  66 With the process of the law.
  67 </pre>
  68
  69 <pre class="tab">
  70   G       /f#       C
  71   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  72 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
  73 |(3)-----(3)------|-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-----------|-------------------|
  74 |-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-----------|---------------0-0-|
  75 |/5---5---0h4-4---|-0h2-2-----------|-2-2-2-------0h2-|-2---0---------0-0-|
  76 |-----------------|---------0h2-3---|---------3-------|---------0h2-------|
  77 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
  78 </pre>
  79 <pre class="tab">
  80   G
  81   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  82 |-----------------|-----------------|
  83 |-----0-----0-0---|---------0-1-1-0-|
  84 |-----0-----0-0---|---------0-0-0-0-|
  85 |-----0-----0-0---|---------0-2-2-0-|
  86 |-----------------|---------2-------|
  87 |-3---------------|-3-------3-------|
  88                                 I . . .
  89 </pre>
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  91 <pre class="verse">
  92   G                    Em
  93 I hired out to Diamond Joe, boys,
  94     C            G         C/g G
  95 Did offer him my hand,
  96    G                Em
  97 He gave a string of horses
  98    C                  G
  99 So old they could not stand.
 100       G      /f#        C      G
 101 And I nearly starved to death, boys,
 102    C               G         C/g G
 103 He did mistreat me so,
 104       G     /f#     Em C
 105 And I never saved a dollar
 106                       G
 107 In the pay of Diamond Joe.
 108
 109         G                 Em
 110 Now his bread it was corn dodger
 111         C                 G
 112 And his meat you couldn't chaw,
 113 G      /f#      Em
 114 Nearly drove me crazy
 115          C              G
 116 With the waggin' of his jaw.
 117         G       /f#    C  G
 118 And the tellin' of his story,
 119 C               G       C/g G
 120 Mean to let you know
 121            G     /f#   Em         /b
 122 That there never was a rounder
 123            C                G
 124 That could lie like Diamond Joe.
 125
 126        G                    Em
 127 Now, I tried three times to quit him,
 128     C            G
 129 But he did argue so
 130 G         /f#      C   G
 131 I'm still punchin' cattle
 132        C              G
 133 In the pay of Diamond Joe.
 134     G        /f#       C  G
 135 And when I'm called up yonder
 136     C               G
 137 And it's my time to go,
 138         G              Em
 139 Give my blankets to my buddies
 140          C                G
 141 Give the fleas to Diamond Joe.
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