Music and lyrics by Patty Griffin
From the album Living With Ghosts
Chords by Timothy M. Toole (TMichaelT@aol.com)
EADGBE
(Capo at 2nd fret)
D
Diamonds, roses,
A
I need Moses to cross this sea of
lonliness,
G
D
Part this red river of pain.
I don't necessarily buy any key to
the future or happiness,
A
G
D
But I need a little place in the sun
sometimes or I think I will die.
A
G
D
And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere
is near,
A
G
D
Everybody got somebody with their
wine and their beer.
A
G
D
So, I'm just this tragic figure in
the corner over here,
A
G
With an empty apartment and a best
friend who is a queer.
D
Everytime I see him he smiles and
he tells me how well he's walking these miles,
A
But I he never ever asks a single
thing about me,
G
If I die, he'd hear about it eventually.
D
Diamonds, roses,
A
I need Moses to cross this sea of
lonliness,
G
D
Part this red river of pain.
A
G
D
And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere
is near,
A
G
D
Everybody got somebody with their
wine and their beer.
A
G
D
So, I'm just this tragic figure in
the corner over here,
A
G
Go home to an empty apartment and
call a best friend who is a queer.
D
Diamonds, roses,
A
I need Moses to cross this sea of
lonliness,
G
D
Part this red river of pain.
Version #2
Chord transcription by rick (rickl1@ix.netcom.com)
E
Diamonds, roses,I need Moses
B
A
E
To cross this sea of loneliness, Part
this red river of pain
E
I don't necessarily buy any key to
the future or happiness
B
A
E
But I need a little place in the sun
sometimes Or I think I will die
B
A
E
Everywhere is somewhere And nowhere
is near
B
A
E
Everybody got somebody with their
wine and their beer
B
A
E
So I'm just this tragic figure in
the corner over here
B
A
With an empty apartment and a best
friend who is queer
E
Everytime I see him he smiles
And he tells me how well he's walking
these miles
B
But he never ever asks a single thing
about me
A
If I die, he'd hear about it eventually
E
Diamonds, roses, I need Moses
B
A
E
To cross this sea of loneliness, Part
this red river of pain
B
A
E
Everywhere is somewhere And nowhere
is near
B
A
E
Everybody got somebody with their
wine and their beer
B
A E
So I'm just this tragic figure in
the corner over here
B
A
Go home to an empty apartment and
call a best friend who is a queer
E
Diamonds, roses, I need Moses
B
A
E
to cross this sea of loneliness, Part
this red river of pain
B
A
E
to cross this sea of loneliness, Part
this red river of pain
B
A
E
to cross this sea of loneliness, Part
this red river of pain