Black Diamond Bay
Key: GEnglish
Intro
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Verse
EmUp on the white veranda
CShe wears a necktie and a GPanama hat.
EmHer passport shows a face
CFrom another time and Gplace
She looks nothin' like that.
CAnd all the remnants of her Grecent past
EmAre Gscattered in the wild wind.
DShe walks across the marble floor
CWhere Da voice Cfrom the gambling Emroom is callin' her to Gcome on in.
Chorus
EmShe smiles walks the other Amway
As the Clast Dship Csails Emand the Ammoon fades Caway
From CBlack Am7Diamond AmBay. G
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Verse
EmAs the mornin' light breaks open the Greek comes down
CAnd he asks for a rope and a Gpen that will write.
"EmPardon monsieur" the desk clerk says
CCarefully removes his fez G
"Am I hearin' you right?"
CAnd as the yellow fog is Gliftin'
EmThe GGreek is quickly headin' for the second floor.
DShe passes him on the spiral staircase
CThinkDin' he's the CSoviet EmAmbassador G
Chorus
EmShe starts to speak but he Amwalks away
CAs the Dstorm Cclouds Emrise Amand the palm Cbranches sway
COn Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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Verse
A Emsoldier sits beneath the fan
CDoin' business with a tiny man who Gsells him a ring.
EmLightning strikes the lights blow out.
CThe desk clerk wakes and begins to Gshout
"Can you see anything?"
CThen the Greek appears on the second Gfloor
EmIn his bare feet with a rope around his Gneck
While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle
DSays "Open up another deck."
Chorus
CBut the dealer Dsays "CAttendez-vous s'il Emvous plaît"
CAs the Drain beats Cdown and the Emcranes Amfly Caway
CFrom Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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Verse
EmThe desk clerk heard the woman laugh
CAs he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got Gtough.
EmHe tried to grab the woman's hand
CSaid "Here's a ring it cost a Ggrand."
She said "That ain't enough."
CThen she ran upstairs to pack her Gbags
EmWhile a horse-drawn taxi waited at the Gcurb.
She passed the door that the Greek had locked
DWhere a handwritten sign read "Do Not Disturb."
Chorus
CShe Dknocked Cupon it Emanyway
CAs the sun Dwent down and the Cmusic did Emplay Am C
COn Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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Verse
"EmI've got to talk to someone quick!"
CBut the Greek said "Go away" and he kicked the Gchair to the floor.
EmHe hung there from the chandelier.
CShe cried "Help there's danger Gnear
Please open up the door!"
CThen the volcano Gerupted
EmAnd the lava flowed down from the mountain high Gabove.
DThe soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner
Thinking of forbidden love.
Chorus
CBut the Ddesk Cclerk said "It happens every Emday"
CAs the stars fell Ddown and the fields Cburned Em Amaway C
COn Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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Verse
EmAs the island slowly sank
CThe loser finally broke the bank in the gambling Groom.
EmThe dealer said "It's too late now.
CYou can take your money but I don't know Ghow
You'll spend it in the tomb."
CThe tiny man bit the soldier's Gear
EmAs the floor caved in and the boiler in the Gbasement blew
DWhile she's out on the balcony where a stranger tells her
"My darling je vous aime beaucoup."
Chorus
CShe sheds a Dtear and Cthen begins to Empray
CAs the fire burns on and the Dsmoke Cdrifts Emaway Am C
CFrom Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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Verse
I Emwas sittin' home alone one night in L.A.
CWatchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clock Gnews.
EmIt seems there was an earthquake that
CLeft nothin' but a Panama Ghat
And a pair of old Greek shoes.
CDidn't seem like much was Ghappenin'
EmSo I turned it off and went to grab another Gbeer.
DSeems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
Chorus
CAnd there's really Dnothin' Canyone can Emsay
CAnd I Dnever did Cplan Emto go AmanyCway
CTo Am7Black AmDiamond GBay.
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