Chords for Black Diamond Bay -- Bob Dylan
Tempo:
103.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
Bm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Em] Up on the white veranda, [C] she wears a [G] necktie and a pair of mara hang.
[Em] Her passport shows her face, [C] ain't no time or place, [G] she looks nothing like that.
[Bm] And all around [C] that side, the recent [Am] [G] past starts, can't hear the wailing.
[Bm] She walks across the marble [C] floor, where boys [A] from the gambling [G] hood, callin' her to come on.
[Bm] She smiles, walks the other [Am] way, [C] the [Em] last ship sails and the moon [C] fades away, [G] from black to gray.
[G]
[Em] As the moonlit light breaks open, [C] the Greek comes down and he asks [G] for a rope and a pen that'll write.
[Em] Hot on her shoes, the desk clerk says, [C] can't believe it moves these [G] spares ever get near night.
[Bm] And as the yellow bottles lift [C] in the [Em] Greek, [Am] there's [G] Gripley and Percival.
[Bm] She passes him on the spiral [C] staircase, [Em] thinking he's [G] the Soviet advisor.
[Bm] She starts to speak, but he [Am] walks away.
[C] She [Em] saw the clouds rise and the palm trees [C] sway, from black [G] down to gray.
[Em] The soldier sits beneath the [C] fan, doin' business with a tiny [G] man who sails in a ring.
[Em] The light blue strikes, the lights blow [C] out, the desk clerk weeps, he begins to [G] shout, can't you see anything?
[Bm] Then the Greek appears on the second [C] floor and his [G] bare feet, wet feet, are up around his neck.
[Bm] While the loser in the gambling [C] group [Em] lights up the [G] candle and says,
But [Bm] the dealer says, they're probably blue [Am]-sitting play.
[C] The rain [Am] feeds [G] down and the [A] cream's [C] flying gray, from [Em] black [G] down to gray.
[Em] The desk clerk heard the woman laugh as [C] he looked around in the [G] aftermath and the soldier got tough.
[Em] He tried to grab the woman's [C] hand, said, here's a wing, it cost a grand, [G] she said, that ain't enough.
[Bm] Then she ran upstairs to pack her [C] bags, where [Em] a horse-drawn taxi [G] waited at the curb.
[Bm] She passed the door where the Greek had locked, [C] with her [G] hand written, [Am] the sign [G] read, do not disturb.
[Bm] She knocked upon it, [Am] angry.
[C] As the [Em] sun went down and the [C] music did play, from [Am] black down [G] to gray.
I [Em] got to talking to someone [C] quick, but the Greek said, go away, and he [G] kicked the chair to the floor.
[D] [Em] He hung there from the chandelier, [C] she cried, help, there's danger near, [G] please open up another door.
[Bm] Then the log came and wrapped it [C] in the [Bm] lava, [Am] [G] scored down upon the mountain high above.
[Bm] The soldier and the [C] tiny man were [G] crouched [Am] in the [G] corner, thinking of forbidden love.
[Bm] The desk clerk says, it [Am] happens every day.
As [C] the stars [Am] fell [Em] down and the fields [C] turned gray, from [G] black down to gray.
[Em] As the island [D] slowly [C] sank, the loser finally broke the [G] bank in the gambling room.
[E] The dealer said, it's too late now, [C] you can take your money, but I don't know how [G] you're going to spend it in the tomb.
[Bm] The tiny man bit the soldier's [C] ear as the [G] fog [A] came [G] in, and the boiler in the basement blew.
[Bm] While she's out on the balcony, [C] a stranger [Am] [G] tells her, my darling, carry an air of a ghoul.
[Bm] She sets a tear, then [Am] begins to bleed.
[C] The [Em] fire burned on and the [Am] smoke drips [C] away, from [G] black down to gray.
[Em] I was sitting home alone one night, [C] and nearly watching old [G] Cronkite on the seven o'clock news.
[Em] It seemed there was an uptick [C] there, left nothing but a pat on my [G] head and a pair of old feet shoes.
[Bm] It didn't seem like much was happening, [Am] so I turned [G] it off and went to grab another beer.
[Bm] Seems like every time you turn [C] around, there's [Am] another [G] hard-luck story that you're going to hear.
[Bm] And there really isn't much anyone [Am] can say, [C] because I know [Am] I didn't [G] plan to [A] go [C] any gray,
[Em] to black [G] down to gray.
[C] [A] [G]
[Em] Her passport shows her face, [C] ain't no time or place, [G] she looks nothing like that.
[Bm] And all around [C] that side, the recent [Am] [G] past starts, can't hear the wailing.
[Bm] She walks across the marble [C] floor, where boys [A] from the gambling [G] hood, callin' her to come on.
[Bm] She smiles, walks the other [Am] way, [C] the [Em] last ship sails and the moon [C] fades away, [G] from black to gray.
[G]
[Em] As the moonlit light breaks open, [C] the Greek comes down and he asks [G] for a rope and a pen that'll write.
[Em] Hot on her shoes, the desk clerk says, [C] can't believe it moves these [G] spares ever get near night.
[Bm] And as the yellow bottles lift [C] in the [Em] Greek, [Am] there's [G] Gripley and Percival.
[Bm] She passes him on the spiral [C] staircase, [Em] thinking he's [G] the Soviet advisor.
[Bm] She starts to speak, but he [Am] walks away.
[C] She [Em] saw the clouds rise and the palm trees [C] sway, from black [G] down to gray.
[Em] The soldier sits beneath the [C] fan, doin' business with a tiny [G] man who sails in a ring.
[Em] The light blue strikes, the lights blow [C] out, the desk clerk weeps, he begins to [G] shout, can't you see anything?
[Bm] Then the Greek appears on the second [C] floor and his [G] bare feet, wet feet, are up around his neck.
[Bm] While the loser in the gambling [C] group [Em] lights up the [G] candle and says,
But [Bm] the dealer says, they're probably blue [Am]-sitting play.
[C] The rain [Am] feeds [G] down and the [A] cream's [C] flying gray, from [Em] black [G] down to gray.
[Em] The desk clerk heard the woman laugh as [C] he looked around in the [G] aftermath and the soldier got tough.
[Em] He tried to grab the woman's [C] hand, said, here's a wing, it cost a grand, [G] she said, that ain't enough.
[Bm] Then she ran upstairs to pack her [C] bags, where [Em] a horse-drawn taxi [G] waited at the curb.
[Bm] She passed the door where the Greek had locked, [C] with her [G] hand written, [Am] the sign [G] read, do not disturb.
[Bm] She knocked upon it, [Am] angry.
[C] As the [Em] sun went down and the [C] music did play, from [Am] black down [G] to gray.
I [Em] got to talking to someone [C] quick, but the Greek said, go away, and he [G] kicked the chair to the floor.
[D] [Em] He hung there from the chandelier, [C] she cried, help, there's danger near, [G] please open up another door.
[Bm] Then the log came and wrapped it [C] in the [Bm] lava, [Am] [G] scored down upon the mountain high above.
[Bm] The soldier and the [C] tiny man were [G] crouched [Am] in the [G] corner, thinking of forbidden love.
[Bm] The desk clerk says, it [Am] happens every day.
As [C] the stars [Am] fell [Em] down and the fields [C] turned gray, from [G] black down to gray.
[Em] As the island [D] slowly [C] sank, the loser finally broke the [G] bank in the gambling room.
[E] The dealer said, it's too late now, [C] you can take your money, but I don't know how [G] you're going to spend it in the tomb.
[Bm] The tiny man bit the soldier's [C] ear as the [G] fog [A] came [G] in, and the boiler in the basement blew.
[Bm] While she's out on the balcony, [C] a stranger [Am] [G] tells her, my darling, carry an air of a ghoul.
[Bm] She sets a tear, then [Am] begins to bleed.
[C] The [Em] fire burned on and the [Am] smoke drips [C] away, from [G] black down to gray.
[Em] I was sitting home alone one night, [C] and nearly watching old [G] Cronkite on the seven o'clock news.
[Em] It seemed there was an uptick [C] there, left nothing but a pat on my [G] head and a pair of old feet shoes.
[Bm] It didn't seem like much was happening, [Am] so I turned [G] it off and went to grab another beer.
[Bm] Seems like every time you turn [C] around, there's [Am] another [G] hard-luck story that you're going to hear.
[Bm] And there really isn't much anyone [Am] can say, [C] because I know [Am] I didn't [G] plan to [A] go [C] any gray,
[Em] to black [G] down to gray.
[C] [A] [G]
Key:
G
C
Em
Bm
Am
G
C
Em
[G] _ _ [Em] Up on the white veranda, [C] she wears a [G] necktie and a pair of mara hang. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Her passport shows her face, [C] ain't no time or place, [G] she looks nothing like that. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] And all around [C] that side, the recent [Am] [G] past starts, can't hear the wailing.
[Bm] She walks across the marble [C] floor, where boys [A] from the gambling [G] hood, callin' her to come on.
_ [Bm] She smiles, walks the other [Am] way, _ [C] the [Em] last ship sails and the moon [C] fades away, [G] from black to gray.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] As the moonlit light breaks open, [C] the Greek comes down and he asks [G] for a rope and a pen that'll write. _ _ _
_ [Em] Hot on her shoes, the desk clerk says, [C] can't believe it moves these [G] spares ever get near night. _ _ _
_ [Bm] And as the yellow bottles lift [C] in the [Em] Greek, [Am] there's [G] Gripley and Percival.
[Bm] She passes him on the spiral [C] staircase, [Em] thinking he's [G] the Soviet advisor.
[Bm] She starts to speak, but he [Am] walks away.
_ [C] She [Em] saw the clouds rise and the palm trees [C] sway, from black [G] down to gray. _ _
_ [Em] The soldier sits beneath the [C] fan, doin' business with a tiny [G] man who sails in a ring. _ _
_ [Em] The light blue strikes, the lights blow [C] out, the desk clerk weeps, he begins to [G] shout, can't you see anything? _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then the Greek appears on the second [C] floor and his [G] bare feet, wet feet, are up around his neck.
[Bm] While the loser in the gambling [C] group [Em] lights up the [G] candle and says, _
But [Bm] the dealer says, they're probably blue [Am]-sitting play.
_ [C] The rain [Am] feeds [G] down and the [A] cream's [C] flying gray, from [Em] black [G] down to gray. _ _
_ _ [Em] The desk clerk heard the woman laugh as [C] he looked around in the [G] aftermath and the soldier got tough. _ _
_ [Em] He tried to grab the woman's [C] hand, said, here's a wing, it cost a grand, [G] she said, that ain't enough. _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then she ran upstairs to pack her [C] bags, where [Em] a horse-drawn taxi [G] waited at the curb.
[Bm] She passed the door where the Greek had locked, [C] with her [G] hand written, [Am] the sign [G] read, do not disturb.
[Bm] She knocked upon it, [Am] angry. _
_ [C] As the [Em] sun went down and the [C] music did play, from [Am] black down [G] to gray. _
I _ [Em] got to talking to someone [C] quick, but the Greek said, go away, and he [G] kicked the chair to the floor. _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] He hung there from the chandelier, [C] she cried, help, there's danger near, [G] please open up another door. _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then the log came and wrapped it [C] in the [Bm] lava, [Am] [G] scored down upon the mountain high above.
[Bm] The soldier and the [C] tiny man were [G] crouched [Am] in the [G] corner, thinking of forbidden love.
[Bm] The desk clerk says, it [Am] happens every day.
As [C] the stars [Am] fell [Em] down and the fields [C] turned gray, from [G] black down to gray. _ _
_ _ [Em] As the island [D] slowly [C] sank, the loser finally broke the [G] bank in the gambling room. _ _
_ [E] The dealer said, it's too late now, [C] you can take your money, but I don't know how [G] you're going to spend it in the tomb. _ _ _
_ [Bm] The tiny man bit the soldier's [C] ear as the [G] fog [A] came [G] in, and the boiler in the basement blew.
[Bm] While she's out on the balcony, [C] a stranger [Am] [G] tells her, my darling, carry an air of a ghoul.
[Bm] She sets a tear, then [Am] begins to bleed.
_ [C] The [Em] fire burned on and the [Am] smoke drips [C] away, from [G] black down to gray. _ _
_ [Em] I was sitting home alone one night, [C] and nearly watching old [G] Cronkite on the seven o'clock news. _ _
_ [Em] It seemed there was an uptick [C] there, left nothing but a pat on my [G] head and a pair of old feet shoes. _ _
_ [Bm] It didn't seem like much was happening, [Am] so I turned [G] it off and went to grab another beer.
[Bm] Seems like every time you turn [C] around, there's [Am] another [G] hard-luck story that you're going to hear.
[Bm] And there really isn't much anyone [Am] can say, _ [C] because I know [Am] I didn't [G] plan to [A] go [C] any gray,
[Em] to black [G] down to gray.
_ [C] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Her passport shows her face, [C] ain't no time or place, [G] she looks nothing like that. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] And all around [C] that side, the recent [Am] [G] past starts, can't hear the wailing.
[Bm] She walks across the marble [C] floor, where boys [A] from the gambling [G] hood, callin' her to come on.
_ [Bm] She smiles, walks the other [Am] way, _ [C] the [Em] last ship sails and the moon [C] fades away, [G] from black to gray.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] As the moonlit light breaks open, [C] the Greek comes down and he asks [G] for a rope and a pen that'll write. _ _ _
_ [Em] Hot on her shoes, the desk clerk says, [C] can't believe it moves these [G] spares ever get near night. _ _ _
_ [Bm] And as the yellow bottles lift [C] in the [Em] Greek, [Am] there's [G] Gripley and Percival.
[Bm] She passes him on the spiral [C] staircase, [Em] thinking he's [G] the Soviet advisor.
[Bm] She starts to speak, but he [Am] walks away.
_ [C] She [Em] saw the clouds rise and the palm trees [C] sway, from black [G] down to gray. _ _
_ [Em] The soldier sits beneath the [C] fan, doin' business with a tiny [G] man who sails in a ring. _ _
_ [Em] The light blue strikes, the lights blow [C] out, the desk clerk weeps, he begins to [G] shout, can't you see anything? _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then the Greek appears on the second [C] floor and his [G] bare feet, wet feet, are up around his neck.
[Bm] While the loser in the gambling [C] group [Em] lights up the [G] candle and says, _
But [Bm] the dealer says, they're probably blue [Am]-sitting play.
_ [C] The rain [Am] feeds [G] down and the [A] cream's [C] flying gray, from [Em] black [G] down to gray. _ _
_ _ [Em] The desk clerk heard the woman laugh as [C] he looked around in the [G] aftermath and the soldier got tough. _ _
_ [Em] He tried to grab the woman's [C] hand, said, here's a wing, it cost a grand, [G] she said, that ain't enough. _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then she ran upstairs to pack her [C] bags, where [Em] a horse-drawn taxi [G] waited at the curb.
[Bm] She passed the door where the Greek had locked, [C] with her [G] hand written, [Am] the sign [G] read, do not disturb.
[Bm] She knocked upon it, [Am] angry. _
_ [C] As the [Em] sun went down and the [C] music did play, from [Am] black down [G] to gray. _
I _ [Em] got to talking to someone [C] quick, but the Greek said, go away, and he [G] kicked the chair to the floor. _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] He hung there from the chandelier, [C] she cried, help, there's danger near, [G] please open up another door. _ _ _
_ [Bm] Then the log came and wrapped it [C] in the [Bm] lava, [Am] [G] scored down upon the mountain high above.
[Bm] The soldier and the [C] tiny man were [G] crouched [Am] in the [G] corner, thinking of forbidden love.
[Bm] The desk clerk says, it [Am] happens every day.
As [C] the stars [Am] fell [Em] down and the fields [C] turned gray, from [G] black down to gray. _ _
_ _ [Em] As the island [D] slowly [C] sank, the loser finally broke the [G] bank in the gambling room. _ _
_ [E] The dealer said, it's too late now, [C] you can take your money, but I don't know how [G] you're going to spend it in the tomb. _ _ _
_ [Bm] The tiny man bit the soldier's [C] ear as the [G] fog [A] came [G] in, and the boiler in the basement blew.
[Bm] While she's out on the balcony, [C] a stranger [Am] [G] tells her, my darling, carry an air of a ghoul.
[Bm] She sets a tear, then [Am] begins to bleed.
_ [C] The [Em] fire burned on and the [Am] smoke drips [C] away, from [G] black down to gray. _ _
_ [Em] I was sitting home alone one night, [C] and nearly watching old [G] Cronkite on the seven o'clock news. _ _
_ [Em] It seemed there was an uptick [C] there, left nothing but a pat on my [G] head and a pair of old feet shoes. _ _
_ [Bm] It didn't seem like much was happening, [Am] so I turned [G] it off and went to grab another beer.
[Bm] Seems like every time you turn [C] around, there's [Am] another [G] hard-luck story that you're going to hear.
[Bm] And there really isn't much anyone [Am] can say, _ [C] because I know [Am] I didn't [G] plan to [A] go [C] any gray,
[Em] to black [G] down to gray.
_ [C] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _