Black Diamond Bay Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

UEmp on the white veranda

SChe wears a neck tie and a panGama hat

HEmer passport shows her face from

ACnother time and place she looks notGhing like that

ADnd all of the remnants of her

RCecentD past Care sEmcatterGed in the wild wind

SDhe walks across the marble floor where a

VCoice froDm the gambCling room Emis callinGg her to come on in

SEmhe smiles walks the otheAmr way

ACs the Dlast sChip saiEmls and thAme moon fadesC away

>CFrom BlAm7ack DAmiamonGd Bay C Am7 Am G

(Continue as above through remaining verses)

As the morning light breaks open

The Greek walks down and he asks for a rope and a pen that will write

Pardon monsieur the Desk Clerk says

Carefully removes his fez, am I hearing you right

And as the yellow fog is lifting

The Greek is quickly heading for the second floor

She passes him on the spiral staircase

Thinking he's the Soviet ambassador

She starts to speak but he walks away

As the storm clouds rise and the palm branches sway

On Black Diamond Bay

A Soldier sits beneath the fan doing

Business with the Tiny Man who sells him a ring

Lightning strikes the lights blow out

The Desk Clerk wakes he begins to shout can you see anything

Then the Greek appears on the second floor in his

Barefeet with a rope around his neck

While the loser in the gambling room

Lights up a candle says open up another deck

But the dealer says attendez-vous sil vous plait

As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away

>From Black Diamond Bay

The Desk Clerk heard the Woman laugh as he

Looked around in the aftermath and the soldier got tough

He tried to grab the Woman's hand

Said here's a ring it cost a grand she said that ain't enough

Then she ran upstairs to pack her bags while a

Horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb

She passed the door that the Greek had locked where a

Hand-written sign read Do not disturb

She knocked upon it anyway

As the sun went down and the music did play

On Black Diamond Bay

I've got talk to someone quick but the

Greek said go away and kicked the chair to the floor

He hung there from the chandelier she

Cried help there's danger near please open up the door

Then the volcano erupted and the

Lava flowed down from the mountain high above

The Soldier and the Tiny Man were

Crouched in the corner thinking of forbidden love

The Desk Clerk says it happens every day

As the stars fell down and the fields burned away

On Black Diamond Bay

As the island slowly sank the

Loser finally broke the bank in the gambling room

The dealer said it's too late now you can

Take your money but I don't know how you'll spend it in the tomb

The Tiny Man bit the Soldier's ear as the

Floor caved in and the boiler in the basement blew

While she's out on the balcony where a

Stranger tells her my darling je vous aime beaucoup

She sheds a tear then begins to pray

As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away

On Black Diamond Bay

I was sitting home alone one night in

LA watching old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news

It seems there was an earthquake there

Left nothing but a panama hat and a pair of old Greek shoes

Didn't seem like much was happening so I

Turned it off and went to grab another beer

Seems like every time you turn around there's

Another hard luck story that you're gonna hear

And there's really nothing anyone can say

And I never did plan to go anyway

To Black Diamond Bay

Instrumental verse

That's about it. If there are any major problems feel free to correct

them. Hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do. it's one of the best

story songs ever in my opinion.