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Diamond Smiles by The Boomtown Rats
(The Fine Art Of Surfacing, 1979)
[Intro]
|    E|    E|
[Verse]
ETraffic's wild tonight
Diamond smiles her cocktail Asmile
Tonight she’s in heavy disBguise
She looks at her wrist to clock the Epassing time
[Verse]
EWeather's mild tonight
She wonders will they notice her Aeyes
She wonders will her glamour surBvive
And can they see she’s going down a Ethird timeB  A  
[Verse]
Oh Eeverybody tries
It’s Dale Carnegie gone Awild
But Barbara Cartland’s Bchild
Long ago perfected the Emotionless glide
[Verse]
And in the Elow voltage noise
Diamond seems so sure and so Apoised
She shimmers for the bright young Bboys
And says ‘love is for others but Eme it destroys’
[Verse]
The Egirl in the cake
Jumped out too soon by misAtake
Somebody said the whole things half Bbaked
And Diamond lifts her glass and says    E‘Cheers’
She Estands to one side,
There’s no more to this than meets the Aeye
Everybody drinks Martini Bdry
And talks about clothes and the Elatest styles
[Chorus]
EOh, oh they said she Adid it with grace
They said she Bdid it with style
They said she Adid it all
They said beBfore she died
Whoa, Awhoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
BI remember Diamond’s Esmile
(Drum Fill)
|    E|    E|
[Verse]
NoEbody saw her go
They said they should have noticed ‘cause her Adress was cut so low
Well it only goes to Bshow
Ha, ha how many real men Eany of us know
[Verse]
She Ewent up the stairs
Stood upon the vanity Achair
Tied her lamé belt around the Bchandelier
And went out, kicking at the Eperfumed air
[Chorus]
EOh, oh oh they said she Adid it with grace
They said she Bdid it with style
They said she Adid it all
They said beBfore she died
Whoa, Awhoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
BI remember Diamond’s Esmile
[Outro]
ENa, na, na, na, na, na
ANa, na, na, na, na, na
BNa, na, na, na, na, na
ENa, na, na, na, na, na
(repeat to fade)

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Diamond Smiles

by The Boomtown Rats

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Diamond Smiles by The Boomtown Rats

(The Fine Art Of Surfacing, 1979)

[Intro]

E E

| | |

[Verse]

Traffic's wild tonight

Diamond smiles her cocktail smile

Tonight she’s in heavy disguise

She looks at her wrist to clock the passing time

[Verse]

Weather's mild tonight

She wonders will they notice her eyes

She wonders will her glamour survive

E B A

And can they see she’s going down a third time

[Verse]

Oh everybody tries

It’s Dale Carnegie gone wild

But Barbara Cartland’s child

Long ago perfected the motionless glide

[Verse]

And in the low voltage noise

Diamond seems so sure and so poised

She shimmers for the bright young boys

And says ‘love is for others but me it destroys’

[Verse]

The girl in the cake

Jumped out too soon by mistake

Somebody said the whole things half baked

And Diamond lifts her glass and says ‘Cheers’

She stands to one side,

There’s no more to this than meets the eye

Everybody drinks Martini dry

And talks about clothes and the latest styles

[Chorus]

E A

Oh, oh they said she did it with grace

They said she did it with style

They said she did it all

They said before she died

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

B E

I remember Diamond’s smile

(Drum Fill)

E E

| | |

[Verse]

Nobody saw her go

They said they should have noticed ‘cause her dress was cut so low

Well it only goes to show

Ha, ha how many real men any of us know

[Verse]

She went up the stairs

Stood upon the vanity chair

Tied her lamé belt around the chandelier

And went out, kicking at the perfumed air

[Chorus]

E A

Oh, oh oh they said she did it with grace

They said she did it with style

They said she did it all

They said before she died

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

B E

I remember Diamond’s smile

[Outro]

Na, na, na, na, na, na

(repeat to fade)

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