{"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":2791138,"song":"Diamond Joe","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2791138-diamond-joe-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2791138?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow there is a man you'll hear about most anywhere you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis holdings are in Texas, and his name is Diamond Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe carries all his money in a diamond-studded jar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe never was much bother by the process of the law[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes I hired out to Joe boys, I did offer him my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe gave a string of horses so old they could not stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI swear I like to starve to death, he did mistreat me so[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I never did save a dollar in the pay of Diamond Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    I swear I never did save a dollar...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis bread it was corn dodger and his meat I could not chaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he drove me near distracted with that waggin' of his jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the tellin' of his stories, boys, I mean to let you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat there never was a rounder who could lie like Diamond Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I tried three times to quit him, boys, but he did argue so[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat I'm still punchin' cattle in the pay of Diamond Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when I'm called up yonder and it comes my time to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGive my blankets to my buddies ooh...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ngive the fleas to Diamond Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n          That's right..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGive my blankies to my buddies give the fleas to Diamond Joe[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm C Am C\n\nAm Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n    C             Am\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Am","C","F","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}