As heard on the live album "Healing the Divide" --- Verse 1: E E7 Shook the hands with the president, and then the pope in Rome; A A7 I've been to parties where I've had to be flown; C#m Abm C#m Abm They told me everything was sacred, nothing is profane; C#m Abm B7 Money's something that you throw off of the back of a train. --- Chorus: E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind --- Verse 2: E E7 Steamer of gravy with the little fried pearls A A7 Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl C#m Abm C#m Abm And Chalmers said thanks for the food and land C#m Abm B7 And somethin' about God that I just don't understand --- Chorus: E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind --- Bridge: A E She's got the milk of human kindness and the fat of the land B E Skin like a baby, but she drives like a man A E She lives in Natchez, and she operates a crane F#7 B7 She's like a wrecking ball that's no longer connected to the chain Verse 3: E E7 Zerelda Samuels said she ain't never prayed A A7 Since her right arm was blown off in a Pinkerton raid C#m Abm C#m Abm They lashed her to a windmill with 3-fingered Dave C#m Abm B7 Now she's a hundred and two and drinkin' juleps in the shade --- Chorus: E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind --- Final Chorus: E B Always keep a diamond in your mind E7 A7 Always keep a diamond in your mind E Wherever you may wander A Am Wherever you may roam E B7 E Always keep a diamond in your mind E B7 Am Always keep a diamond in your mind (Finish on E) Enjoy!
