Diamond Joe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Now[F][C][Am][F][C][Am]
[F][Am][C][Am][G]
[C]there's a man you'll hea[Am]r about
Most [G]anywhere you [C]go,
And his [Am]holdings are in Texas
And his name is [G]Diamond [C]Joe.

[Verse 2]
And he [Am]carries all his money
In a [F]diamond- studded [C]jar.
He never [Am]took much trouble
With the [F]process [C]of the law.
I hired out to [Am]Dia mond

[Verse 3]
Joe, boys,
Did offer [C]him my hand,
He [Am]gave a string of horses
So [F]old they [C]could not stand.

[Verse 4]
And I nearly [Am]starved to death, boys,
He [Dm]did mis[G]treat me [C]so,
And I never saved [G]a d[Am]ollar
In the [F]pay of [G]Diamond [C]Joe.

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][C]
[Am][F][C][Am][F][C][Am][F][G][C]

[Verse 5]
Now his bread it was corn [Am]dodger
And his [F]meat you couldn't [C]chaw,
Nearly [Am]drove me crazy
With the waggin' [C]of his jaw.

[Verse 6]
[C]And the [Am]tellin' of his story,
[F]Mean to [G]let you [C]know
That there never was a [Am]rounder
That could [F]lie like Dia[C]mond Joe.
Now, I tried three times [Am]to quit him,

[Verse 7]
But [F]he did [G]ar gue [C]so
[Am]I'm still punchin' cattle
In the [F]pay of [C]Diamond Joe.

[Verse 8]
And [Am]when I'm called up yonder
And [F]it's my time [C]to go,
Give my [Am]blankets to my buddies
Give the [F]fleas to [G]Diamond [C]Joe.