• Song:

    Diplomat

  • Artist:

    Swimming With Dolphins

  • Album:

    Water Colours

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My first tab! I was looking for chords and couldn't find them anywhere so I tried 
playing a few and they seemed to work! This is completely by ear so it's probably not 100% 
correct, but it sounds right when I play it. Enjoy!

No Capo, standard tuning (EADGBe).

Intro:
G D Am C Cadd9 (x2)

Verse 1:

GLive (320003@1)to work, work to live
DNo (xx0232@1)time left to spend or give
Am (x02210@1)           Am7Walking (x02010@1)like a bureaucrat
C (x32010@1)            DTalking (xx0232@1)like a diplomat

Verse 2:

GAlways (320003@1)look into their eyes
DFirm (xx0232@1)handshakes, quick replies
Am (x02210@1)              Am7Push (x02010@1)the product, sell the crop
C (x32010@1)               DClimb (xx0232@1)that ladder to the top

Verse 3:

GBut (320003@1)what if it's not meant for me?
DI (xx0232@1)can't stand the symmetry
Am (x02210@1)             Am7My (x02010@1)head is stuck inside the clouds
C (x32010@1)           Cadd9But (x32030@1)I can see clearly now

Chorus:

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  Am (x02210@1)     Am7I'm (x02010@1)trying to find the means to living more passionately
C (x32010@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1) GCause (320003@1)I'm not who I wanna be
             D (xx0232@1)                      Am (x02210@1)       Am7Buried (x02010@1)in routines, I don't care what happens to me
C (x32010@1)    Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GI (320003@1)just gotta get free

G D Am C D

Verse 4:

GI (320003@1)am no proprietor
DTell (xx0232@1)that that to my dear father
Am (x02210@1)                 Am7Taught (x02010@1)me everything he knew
C (x32010@1)                  DAbout (xx0232@1)nothing that I wanna do

Verse 5:

GEarned (320003@1)awards, honors, degrees
DI (xx0232@1)couldn't find myself in these
Am (x02210@1)                  Am7So (x02010@1)I took my car keys and ID's
C (x32010@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)threw them in the ocean

Bridge:

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)   D (xx0232@1)     CNow, (x32010@1)all of the world is laying right before my eyes
         Am (x02210@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)             
I wonder why the hell it took so long for 
G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)me to recognize
     (recognieieiiize)

Am7 G D Cadd9 Am7 C D

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  CI'm (x32010@1)trying to find the means to living more passionately
Am (x02210@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)   GCause (320003@1)I'm not who I wanna be
             D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)        Am7Buried (x02010@1)in routines, I don't care what happens to me

Chorus:

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  Am (x02210@1)     Am7I (x02010@1)said I'm trying to find the means to living more passionately
C (x32010@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1) GCause (320003@1)I'm not who I wanna be
             D (xx0232@1)                      Am (x02210@1)       Am7Buried (x02010@1)in routines, I don't care what happens to me
C (x32010@1)    Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GI (320003@1)just gotta get free

G D Am C

Cadd9 (x32030@1)   GI (320003@1)just gotta get free

G D Am C D (Repeat and fade)
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