{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1719354,"song":"Black Diamond Strings","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11364147-black-diamond-strings-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1719354?type=chord","rating":4.93692,"votes":70,"content":"Black Diamond Strings\r\nGuy Clark\r\nDublin Blues \r\n\r\nCapo 2  key of B if you want to. \r\n \r\n \r\nChorus   \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch] \r\nDrinkin’ 1 W. Harper   [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPlayin’ Black Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]       \r\nAre like white flour and grits   [/tab]\r\n  \r\nYou play Black Diamond Strings   \r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n‘Cause it’s all you can get   [/tab]\r\n  \r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n  \r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings on a Catalog Guitar   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThat’s pretty high cotton whoever you are   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nYou break one you change one, that’s as good as it gets   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nYou can play all year long on two or three sets  [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2 \r\n  \r\n   \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nJ.W. Crowell was a hell of a man   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe played two nights a week in a hillbilly band   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe played at the Ice House on Telephone Road   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe played in the yard just to lighten his load     [/tab]\r\n   \r\n  \r\nChorus   \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch] \r\nDrinkin’ 1 W. Harper   [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPlayin’ Black Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]       \r\nAre like white flour and grits   [/tab]\r\n  \r\nYou play Black Diamond Strings   \r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n‘Cause it’s all you can get   [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3 \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nHey J.W play that Frauline   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nLet Rodney sit in, hell, he’s goin’ on nine   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis fingers are bleedin’, but he’s keepin’ good time   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPlayin’ Black Diamond Strings, he’ll never quit tryin’   [/tab]\r\n  \r\n   \r\nN/C  \r\n   (spoken) Causette told ‘em both   \r\n \r\nVerse 4\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou boys pack it up, it’s time to go home   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe got church in the mornin’, it’s comin’ up dawn   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon’t make me say it again or I’m gone   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can stay here forever, but you’re gonna walk home   [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus   \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch] \r\nDrinkin’ 1 W. Harper   [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPlayin’ Black Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBlack Diamond Strings   [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]       \r\nAre like white flour and grits   [/tab]\r\n  \r\nYou play Black Diamond Strings   \r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n‘Cause it’s all you can get  [/tab]","plain_text":"Black Diamond Strings\nGuy Clark\nDublin Blues \n\nCapo 2  key of B if you want to. \n \n \nChorus   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nYou play Black Diamond Strings   \n\n  \n\nVerse 1\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2 \n  \n   \n\n\n\n\n   \n  \nChorus   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nYou play Black Diamond Strings   \n\n\n\nVerse 3 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n   \nN/C  \n   (spoken) Causette told ‘em both   \n \nVerse 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nYou play Black Diamond Strings","chords":["B","D","A","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}