Diamond Days Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Some days you get diamonds
[F]Some days nickels and [D]dimes
[F]Some days life's [D]a poem
[G]Some days [F]nothing [G]rhymes
[C]Some days you're a winner
[F]Some days you los[D]e
[C]Some days all you're doing is paying dues

[Verse 2]
[C]
[G]On a Wednes[C]day I was playing in
[G]a b[C]iker bar outside Topeka
On that Friday I was playing on [G]a blues cruise,
[C]going to Dominica
Ebbs and [F]flows, [C]lik[G]e the tide[Gsus4]
[C]Some days you get diamonds
[F]Some days nickels [D]and dimes
[F]Some days [D]sparkle
[Gsus4]Some days[G] nothing shin[Gsus4]es[C]
[F]Som[C]e days you're given
[F]Some days you cho[D]ose
[C]Some days all you're doing

[Verse 3]
is paying dues
[C]
Tonight I'm sleeping in a 5- Star hotel,
Wouldn't ask [D]for more
But [C]I remember I w[G]ound up many a[C] night
sleeping on a stranger's floor
Sometimes you [F]walk, [C]som[G]etimes you ride[Gsus4]
[F]

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][D][F][D][Gsus4]
[C][F][D][C]

[Verse 4]
Some folks [C]treat you like something [G]under [C]their shoe,
[F]ain't not[C]hin'[D] new
[C]Others greet you like a holy prophet,
[F]now what you[G] gonna [C]do'
You try [F]to take [C]it [G]all
in [Gsus4]stride[G]
[F]'Ca[C]use some days you get diamonds
[F]Some days nickels and dim[D]es
[F]Some days you're out of [D]tune
[G]Some days it all chimes
[F]Som[C]e days you're grinnin'
[F]Some days you're frownin,
' [D]the blues
[C]Some days all you're doing
is payin' dues

[Outro 1]
Some days all you're doing is payin' dues
[C]