| G | Am | |
| I knew a girl, | her name was truth |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| She was a ho | rrible li | ar |
| G | Am | |
| She couldn't spend | - one day alone |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| But she | couldn't be | satisfied |
| G | Am | |
| When you have | - everything, |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| you have | everything | - to | lose |
| G | Am | |
| She made herself | - a bed of nails |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| And she's | planning on p | utting it to | use (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| But she had | diamonds | on in-s | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She had | diamonds | on ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She had | diamonds | on the ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| Di-i-i | a-m | onds (lick) |
| G | Am | |
| A | candle throws it's light into the | darkness |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| In a | nasty world so | shines a good | deed |
| G | Am | |
| Make sure the fortune | that you seek |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| Is the | fortune th | at you | need |
| G | Am | |
| So, tell me why | - the first ask |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| Is the | last - to | give - every | time |
| G | Am | |
| What you say and | do not mean |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| Follo- | ows you close beh | ind (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| But she had | diamonds | on in-s | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She had | diamonds | on ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She wore | diamonds | on the ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | F | C | G | |
| Di-i-i | a-m | onds (lick) - | Di-i-i | a-m | onds (lick ends on D!) |
| D | C | Em | C | D | Em | |
| / ++++ | / ++++ | / ++++ / ++++ | / ++++ | / ++++ | / ++++ / ++++ |
| C | D | Em | C | D | |
| / ++++ | / ++++ | / ++++ / ++++ | / ++++ / ++++ | / ++++ / ++++ |
| G | Am | |
| Like the | soldier long - standing under | fire |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| Any change | comes as a rel | ief |
| G | Am | |
| Let the | giver's name remain unsp | oken |
| Bm | Am | G | |
| She is just a gener | ous thief | (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| But she had | diamonds | on in-s | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She had | diamonds | on the ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | |
| She wore | diamonds | on the ins | ide (lick) |
| F | C | G | F | C | G | |
| She wore | Di-i-i | a-m | onds - Oh, | Di-i-i | a-m | onds |
| F | C | G | F | C | G | |
| She had | Di-i-i | a-m | onds - She wore | Di-i-i | a-m | onds |
| F | C | G | |
| Di-i-i | a-m | onds |
{c: Intro Lick, use the same before an in chorus but an F instead of G at the end}
Intro Verse
G F
e-|--------------------------3------1-----------------------------------------
B-|--------------------------3------1-----------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------4------2-----------------------------------------
D-|--5-----------------------5------3-----------------------------------------
A-|-----7--5-----------------5------3-----------------------------------------
E-|-----------7-\5--3--0-----3------1-----------------------------------------