Diamonds on the Inside by Ben Harper

Ben Harper

Album
Diamonds on the Inside
Released
2003

Diamonds on the Inside - Ben Harper

I knew a girl - Her name was truth      [Verse]

She was a ho-o-o-orrible liar - …       G  G

She couldn't spend  - One day long      Am Am

But she couldn't be satisfied - …       Bm  Am

When you have       - Everything        G  G

You have everything - To lose

She made herself    - A bed of nails

And she's plannin' on puttin' it - To use


(But) (she (had) diamonds on     [Chorus] F C

 The inside x3) - (Dia-a-a-amonds - … x1) G G


A candle throws its light  - Into the darkness

In a nasty world so shines - The good deed

Make sure the fortune      - That you seek

Is the fortune tha-a-a-at  - You need

So tell me why             - The first to ask

Is the last to give        - Every time

What you say an-n-nd - Do not mean

Follow too close     - Behind       [Chorus] ()

                                     (…/…/wore)

[Link] D C Em Em                         (x2)

      (C D Em Em x2) - C C D D


Like a soldier long standing under fire - …

Any change comes as a relief            - …

Let the giver's name remain unspoken    - …

For she is just a generous thief        - …


[Chorus] (…) (…/…/wore) (She wore diamonds - …

       Oh, diamonds - … - She had diamonds - …

  She wore diamonds - … - Diamonds)