chordband » Gerry Cinnamon » Diamonds In The Mud
[Intro :]G C D C G
G C D C G
G C D C G
[Verse 1 :]
G
I've got a mate who's a shaman,
C
gets anything you want in no time
D
A weekend at Bernie's
C G
is a few days without any sunshine
G
I know a right dour - faced bastard,
C
a really nice guy but he hates life
D C
he's got sarcastic eyeballs and a tongue
G
that can slash like a lock - knife
[CHORUS 1]==
| Em C
| These faces I've known growing up
| G
| on the streets in the southside
| Em
| From the hills of the 'milk
| C G
| to the parade in the eastend
| Em
| I remember the change
| C G
| in the accents on the westside
| Em
| makin money till
| C G
| there's no time left to spend
| Em
| it's aw bullshit
| C G
| but we aw still pretend
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[Verse 2 :]
G
When A was a wean I used
C
to sell puff to make money
D
but we'd smoke all the profit
C G
and by Friday it was no longer funny
G
A know a guy who's a lightweight,
C
one or two jars and he's buckelt,
D C
He's the guy that loses keys has tae break
G
into his ain hoos and gets huckelt
[CHORUS 2]==
| Em C
| These faces I've known growing up
| G
| on the streets in the southside
| Em
| From the songs in the schemes
| C G
| tae the Art School dreams of the toon
| Em C
| and when a lie awake in the night
| G
| time these things I remember
| Em
| Some happy, some sad,
| C G
| bring a smile tae ma face when am doon
| Em C G
| in the Priory or in Sinbad's in Dunoon
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[Verse 3 :]
Am
Av been all round the world
C G
but there's nowhere compares tae ma hometown
Em C G
The mayhem eh Glesga is buried deep in ma blood
Am
and there's no other place where
C G
a cunt might no be a put down
Em C
It's 13 degrees an there's folk
G
in the street in the scud
[Outro :]
Em C G
No the best place but there's diamonds in the mud
Em C G
No the best place but there's diamonds in the mud
Em C
No the best place but there's diamonds
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