Diamonds on the Inside

Ben Harper

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Capo 1st fret       Lead In:
                    e ----------------
                    B ----------------
                    G --0-------------
                    D ----2-0---------
                    A --------2-0-----
                    E ------------3-0-

G             Am7                 Bm           Am7      G
 I knew a girl; her name was truth, she was a horrible liar
G                  Am7                    Bm          Am7      G
 She couldn't spend one day alone but she couldn't be satisfied
G             Am7                   Bm     Am7        G
 When you have everything, you have everything to lose
G                Am7                       Bm                  Am7      G
 She made herself a bed of nails and she's planning on putting it to use

              F         C      G
Cause she had diamonds on the inside
        F         C      G
She had diamonds on the inside
        F         C      G
She had diamonds on the inside
F C G
Diamonds

  G                                Am7            Bm              Am7             G
A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world, so shines the good deed
G                     Am7                   Bm      Am7      G
 Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need
G               Am7                      Bm       Am7         G
 So tell me why, the first to ask is the last to give, every time
G                 Am7         Bm    Am7          G
 What you say and do not mean follow too close behind

              F         C      G
Cause she had diamonds on the inside
        F         C      G
She had diamonds on the inside
         F         C      G
She wore diamonds on the inside
F C G
Diamonds
F C G
Diamonds

Guitar solo: | D C | Em | C D | Em | C D | Em | C | D |

       G                           Am7   Bm         Am7          G
Like a soldier long standing under fire, any change comes as a relief
        G                     Am7         Bm                Am7    G
Let the giver's name remain unspoken, for she is just a generous thief

        F         C      G
She had diamonds on the inside
        F         C      G
She had diamonds on the inside
         F         C      G
She wore diamonds on the inside
         F C G
She wore diamonds
    F C G
Oh, diamonds 
        F C G
She had diamonds
         F C G
She wore diamonds
F C G
Diamonds