Chords for LIVE FROM THE CARTER FOLD ~ THE BROTHER BOYS ~ "The Diamond Stream"
Tempo:
87.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Gm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
and offer a trip.
The wind sure is blowing these days.
from southwest Virginia
I've been singing this song for a long time.
[Em] Y'all remember Andrina Belcher?
She's up there in Chicago taking care of her mama, you know.
Send her good wishes.
came to rehearse with her a little storytelling on the little guitar
The wind sure is blowing these days.
from southwest Virginia
I've been singing this song for a long time.
[Em] Y'all remember Andrina Belcher?
She's up there in Chicago taking care of her mama, you know.
Send her good wishes.
came to rehearse with her a little storytelling on the little guitar
100% ➙ 88BPM
G
D
C
Gm
Em
G
D
C
and offer a trip.
_ [G] Lick your fingers and see which way the wind's blowing. _
The wind sure is blowing these days.
_ This song comes from southwest Virginia
in the foothills of the Clinch Mountain. _
I've been singing this song for a long time.
I came to visit my friend, Andrina Belcher.
_ [Em] Y'all remember Andrina Belcher?
[G] _ _ _
_ She's up there in Chicago taking care of her mama, you know. _
_ _ _ Send her good wishes.
I came to rehearse with her a little storytelling on the little guitar
and I came down and met Tommy Bledsoe's house.
I got there and there was a guitar in [Em] the corner
and I picked up the guitar and just [G] started playing it
because I know how to play the guitar.
Or at least I know three chords.
I know G, C, and D and that's the power of rock and roll.
And it changed the world.
So there you go.
_ _ _ _ The way the wind was blowing through these little curtains,
I looked through and there was all these diamonds floating around.
I got me a word to follow, another word before long I had me a song.
_ And that's when this thought came in.
There's been a lot of good songs through the years
that are all on one chord.
Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker,
_ _ all have one chord in their songs.
I thought I better give you another one.
[D] I got me that one.
[G] I said give me one more.
That's all I needed.
Then I said I need a few diamonds on the guitar.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] That helped me follow the words, following each other along.
Three [Em] chords, G, C, and D.
[G] I had my words following and the sun was shining and the diamonds were floating.
[Em] And then the sun started going down
and [G] all the diamonds started disappearing.
But that's all right because I had my song.
_ And I had my diamonds on my guitar.
_ The sun went all the way down until there were no diamonds.
_ _ _ And that's when I felt a hand come down on my shoulder
in a trembling voice kind of way.
He said, boy, _ that's a mighty old song you're singing. _ _
I said I just made it up.
He said I had made up a song one time called The Winding String.
_ I said mine's called The Diamond String.
He says I know that, boy.
_ _ I said who might you be? _
And it seemed like it took a long time.
_ But the trembling voice came back.
He said, boy, my name is A.P. Carter. _ _
I said the same A.P. Carter that traveled to Bristol, Tennessee in 1927,
collected songs of Christmas trees,
wrote Keep on the Sun, he said I anchored it.
He said that's me, boy.
_ I said I thought you was dead.
_ He said being the fact that you're in my home county of Scott County, Virginia,
in the foothills of the Clinch Mountain, _
I thought I better pay you a visit.
_ I said I'm mighty proud, A.P.
He said there's one thing, boy.
_ When you go out and you sing your song, no matter where it may be or who it may be for,
_ you tell them I helped you write it.
I said I would, and I just did. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ I've got a view right [D] out my back,
of [G] rolling hills [C] and a big blue mountain.
The diamond street goes [D] right along there.
[G] That's where I grow [C] my dreams, [G] what's been foretold.
_ [D] Where the bluebird [G] sings a wishful tune.
[D] Where the wildflower [G] grows and _ rises.
[C] Somewhere you have seen, [G] this all before,
The diamond [D] street, the [G] diamond street. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] In the morning when I wake [G] up, I'll call your name.
_ [D] I wonder if you [G] remember me.
_ [C] Go down to the grassy [G] side to see your face.
In the diamond [D]
street, the [G] diamond street. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] So take down the box and [G] go and play the tune.
_ [D] Whisper of your old [G] traveling tune.
_ [C] Listen to the sound [G] that the water makes.
In the [D] diamond street, the [G] diamond street.
I've got a view right [D] out my back,
of _ [G] rolling hills [C] and a big [Gm] blue mountain.
[G] _ The diamond street goes right [D] along there.
_ [G] That's where I [C] grow my dreams, what's been foretold.
[G] _
Thank _ _ _ _ [N] you for watching!
_ [G] Lick your fingers and see which way the wind's blowing. _
The wind sure is blowing these days.
_ This song comes from southwest Virginia
in the foothills of the Clinch Mountain. _
I've been singing this song for a long time.
I came to visit my friend, Andrina Belcher.
_ [Em] Y'all remember Andrina Belcher?
[G] _ _ _
_ She's up there in Chicago taking care of her mama, you know. _
_ _ _ Send her good wishes.
I came to rehearse with her a little storytelling on the little guitar
and I came down and met Tommy Bledsoe's house.
I got there and there was a guitar in [Em] the corner
and I picked up the guitar and just [G] started playing it
because I know how to play the guitar.
Or at least I know three chords.
I know G, C, and D and that's the power of rock and roll.
And it changed the world.
So there you go.
_ _ _ _ The way the wind was blowing through these little curtains,
I looked through and there was all these diamonds floating around.
I got me a word to follow, another word before long I had me a song.
_ And that's when this thought came in.
There's been a lot of good songs through the years
that are all on one chord.
Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker,
_ _ all have one chord in their songs.
I thought I better give you another one.
[D] I got me that one.
[G] I said give me one more.
That's all I needed.
Then I said I need a few diamonds on the guitar.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] That helped me follow the words, following each other along.
Three [Em] chords, G, C, and D.
[G] I had my words following and the sun was shining and the diamonds were floating.
[Em] And then the sun started going down
and [G] all the diamonds started disappearing.
But that's all right because I had my song.
_ And I had my diamonds on my guitar.
_ The sun went all the way down until there were no diamonds.
_ _ _ And that's when I felt a hand come down on my shoulder
in a trembling voice kind of way.
He said, boy, _ that's a mighty old song you're singing. _ _
I said I just made it up.
He said I had made up a song one time called The Winding String.
_ I said mine's called The Diamond String.
He says I know that, boy.
_ _ I said who might you be? _
And it seemed like it took a long time.
_ But the trembling voice came back.
He said, boy, my name is A.P. Carter. _ _
I said the same A.P. Carter that traveled to Bristol, Tennessee in 1927,
collected songs of Christmas trees,
wrote Keep on the Sun, he said I anchored it.
He said that's me, boy.
_ I said I thought you was dead.
_ He said being the fact that you're in my home county of Scott County, Virginia,
in the foothills of the Clinch Mountain, _
I thought I better pay you a visit.
_ I said I'm mighty proud, A.P.
He said there's one thing, boy.
_ When you go out and you sing your song, no matter where it may be or who it may be for,
_ you tell them I helped you write it.
I said I would, and I just did. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ I've got a view right [D] out my back,
of [G] rolling hills [C] and a big blue mountain.
The diamond street goes [D] right along there.
[G] That's where I grow [C] my dreams, [G] what's been foretold.
_ [D] Where the bluebird [G] sings a wishful tune.
[D] Where the wildflower [G] grows and _ rises.
[C] Somewhere you have seen, [G] this all before,
The diamond [D] street, the [G] diamond street. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] In the morning when I wake [G] up, I'll call your name.
_ [D] I wonder if you [G] remember me.
_ [C] Go down to the grassy [G] side to see your face.
In the diamond [D]
street, the [G] diamond street. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] So take down the box and [G] go and play the tune.
_ [D] Whisper of your old [G] traveling tune.
_ [C] Listen to the sound [G] that the water makes.
In the [D] diamond street, the [G] diamond street.
I've got a view right [D] out my back,
of _ [G] rolling hills [C] and a big [Gm] blue mountain.
[G] _ The diamond street goes right [D] along there.
_ [G] That's where I [C] grow my dreams, what's been foretold.
[G] _
Thank _ _ _ _ [N] you for watching!