Chords for Hank Snow - Black Diamond
Tempo:
83.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A]
Greater love hath no man [D] than this, That he'd lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
These eyes of [D] mine have seen some things I'm sure you wouldn't find in [A] a book.
There just isn't words to [E] describe them all, and at times I'm sorry I've looked.
[A] But when the day comes round and age throws me [D] down and pens me in an old rocking chair,
[A] I'll just close my eyes and hunt [E] up an old friend, [A] black diamond with his woolly black hair.
We lost a fight on an [D] island of hell that lies in a tropical sea, [A] and the blast of a
shell had knocked me to sleep, and [E] I laid with the dead for a week.
[A] When I opened my eyes a heathen had me.
[D] He'd carried me away to his lair, and in the days to [A] come I gave him that name, black [E] diamond
with [A] his woolly black hair.
Hidden away in a cave in the hills [D] he held a cup to my lips, but I [A] couldn't drink to
gather new strength from the pain in a shattered hip.
[E]
But I soon got used to that hideous [A] face that would have given death a scare, [D] an angel of
mercy with a bone through his nose, [A] black diamond with his [E] woolly black hair.
He'd gone away to fetch my food [D] when the enemy got wise to the game, [A] and from the crest of
the hill I saw him knocked down, but he [E] never would mention my name.
[A] They beat him and tortured him and slashed him up and left him [D] hanging there.
I cried as I [A] crawled, but death beat me to him, [E] black diamond [A] with his woolly black hair.
Though these eyes of mine see a million men with [D] money or power or fame, I'll [A] never meet
one who will crowd him out or go to the top of his name.
[E]
These eyes [A] aren't forgetting the way he died.
I lived because he paid my [D] fare, for he never would say where he [A] hid me that day, [E] black
diamond with his woolly [A] black hair.
Greater love hath no man [D] than this, that [A] he lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
Greater love hath no man [D] than this, That he'd lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
These eyes of [D] mine have seen some things I'm sure you wouldn't find in [A] a book.
There just isn't words to [E] describe them all, and at times I'm sorry I've looked.
[A] But when the day comes round and age throws me [D] down and pens me in an old rocking chair,
[A] I'll just close my eyes and hunt [E] up an old friend, [A] black diamond with his woolly black hair.
We lost a fight on an [D] island of hell that lies in a tropical sea, [A] and the blast of a
shell had knocked me to sleep, and [E] I laid with the dead for a week.
[A] When I opened my eyes a heathen had me.
[D] He'd carried me away to his lair, and in the days to [A] come I gave him that name, black [E] diamond
with [A] his woolly black hair.
Hidden away in a cave in the hills [D] he held a cup to my lips, but I [A] couldn't drink to
gather new strength from the pain in a shattered hip.
[E]
But I soon got used to that hideous [A] face that would have given death a scare, [D] an angel of
mercy with a bone through his nose, [A] black diamond with his [E] woolly black hair.
He'd gone away to fetch my food [D] when the enemy got wise to the game, [A] and from the crest of
the hill I saw him knocked down, but he [E] never would mention my name.
[A] They beat him and tortured him and slashed him up and left him [D] hanging there.
I cried as I [A] crawled, but death beat me to him, [E] black diamond [A] with his woolly black hair.
Though these eyes of mine see a million men with [D] money or power or fame, I'll [A] never meet
one who will crowd him out or go to the top of his name.
[E]
These eyes [A] aren't forgetting the way he died.
I lived because he paid my [D] fare, for he never would say where he [A] hid me that day, [E] black
diamond with his woolly [A] black hair.
Greater love hath no man [D] than this, that [A] he lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Greater love hath no man [D] than _ _ this, That he'd lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ These eyes of [D] mine have seen some things I'm sure you wouldn't find in [A] a book. _
There just isn't words to [E] describe them all, and at times I'm sorry I've looked.
_ [A] _ But when the day comes round and age throws me [D] down and pens me in an old rocking chair,
_ [A] I'll just close my eyes and hunt [E] up an old friend, [A] black diamond with his woolly black hair. _ _ _
We lost a fight on an [D] island of hell that lies in a tropical sea, [A] and the blast of a
shell had knocked me to sleep, and [E] I laid with the dead for a week.
_ _ [A] When I opened my eyes a heathen had me.
[D] He'd carried me away to his lair, and in the days to [A] come I gave him that name, black [E] diamond
with [A] his woolly black hair.
_ _ _ _ _
Hidden away in a cave in the hills [D] he held a cup to my lips, but I [A] couldn't drink to
gather new strength from the pain in a shattered hip.
[E] _ _
But I soon got used to that hideous [A] face that would have given death a scare, _ _ [D] an angel of
mercy with a bone through his nose, [A] black diamond with his [E] woolly black hair. _ _
_ _ _ _ He'd gone away to fetch my food [D] when the enemy got wise to the game, _ [A] and from the crest of
the hill I saw him knocked down, but he [E] never would mention my name.
_ _ [A] They beat him and tortured him and slashed him up and left him [D] hanging there. _ _
I cried as I [A] crawled, but death beat me to him, [E] black diamond [A] with his woolly black hair.
_ _ _ _ Though these eyes of mine see a million men with [D] money or power or fame, _ I'll [A] never meet
one who will crowd him out or go to the top of his name.
[E] _ _ _
_ These eyes [A] aren't forgetting the way he died.
I lived because he paid my [D] fare, _ for he never would say where he [A] hid me that day, [E] black
diamond with his woolly [A] black hair. _ _
_ _ Greater love hath no man [D] than _ _ this, that [A] he lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Greater love hath no man [D] than _ _ this, That he'd lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ These eyes of [D] mine have seen some things I'm sure you wouldn't find in [A] a book. _
There just isn't words to [E] describe them all, and at times I'm sorry I've looked.
_ [A] _ But when the day comes round and age throws me [D] down and pens me in an old rocking chair,
_ [A] I'll just close my eyes and hunt [E] up an old friend, [A] black diamond with his woolly black hair. _ _ _
We lost a fight on an [D] island of hell that lies in a tropical sea, [A] and the blast of a
shell had knocked me to sleep, and [E] I laid with the dead for a week.
_ _ [A] When I opened my eyes a heathen had me.
[D] He'd carried me away to his lair, and in the days to [A] come I gave him that name, black [E] diamond
with [A] his woolly black hair.
_ _ _ _ _
Hidden away in a cave in the hills [D] he held a cup to my lips, but I [A] couldn't drink to
gather new strength from the pain in a shattered hip.
[E] _ _
But I soon got used to that hideous [A] face that would have given death a scare, _ _ [D] an angel of
mercy with a bone through his nose, [A] black diamond with his [E] woolly black hair. _ _
_ _ _ _ He'd gone away to fetch my food [D] when the enemy got wise to the game, _ [A] and from the crest of
the hill I saw him knocked down, but he [E] never would mention my name.
_ _ [A] They beat him and tortured him and slashed him up and left him [D] hanging there. _ _
I cried as I [A] crawled, but death beat me to him, [E] black diamond [A] with his woolly black hair.
_ _ _ _ Though these eyes of mine see a million men with [D] money or power or fame, _ I'll [A] never meet
one who will crowd him out or go to the top of his name.
[E] _ _ _
_ These eyes [A] aren't forgetting the way he died.
I lived because he paid my [D] fare, _ for he never would say where he [A] hid me that day, [E] black
diamond with his woolly [A] black hair. _ _
_ _ Greater love hath no man [D] than _ _ this, that [A] he lay down [E] his life [A] for a friend.
_ _ _ _ _ _