Chords for Charley Crockett ‘Diamond Joe’ - The Blues Kitchen Presents Live at The Long Road Festival

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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ There is a man [Gm] you'll hear about most [Bb] anyplace you go.
_ And his [Gm] holdings are in Texas, and his name is [Bb] Diamond Joe.
_ He carries all [Gm] his money _ in a diamond [Bb] studded jaw. _
And he never was much [Gm] bothered by the process [Bb] of the law. _ _ _ _ _
I'd out the Diamond Joe boys, I did offer him my hand.
And he gave [Gm] me a string of horses, _ so [Bb] old they couldn't stand.
_ I liked to starve the deaf [Gm] boys, he did mistreat me [Bb] so. _
I never saved a dollar in the pay of Diamond Joe.
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his bread it [Gm] was corn dodger, _ [Eb] and his meat I [Bb] couldn't taw.
And he kept me well [Gm] distracted with the wagging of [Bb] his jaw.
And the telling [Gm] of his stories, I aim to [Bb] let you know.
_ There never [Gm] was a roundup that [Eb] lied like Diamond [Bb] Joe.
I _ _ _ _ tried three times to quit him boys, but he did [Bb] argue so.
_ I'm still [Gm] punching cattle in the pay [Bb] of Diamond Joe. _ _
When I'm [Gm] called up a yonder, and it come my time to [Bb] go.
_ Give my blankets to my [Gm] buddies, _ give the fleas to Diamond Joe. _ _
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_ I'm not going to be able to do it again. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] I'm not going to be able to do it again.
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ I'm not