Diamonds & Waste Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays562

Diamonds & Waste by Kate Mcgill is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, Fm, Cm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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          Am 
Is it your name? 
          C          Fm                  Am 
I held it up to the light and the rain 
           C         Fm                  Am 
You're so real, I feel every grain 
          C       Fm 
Of pleasure and pain 

It is your presence? 
      C          Fm              Am 
It takes over the mountains and deserts 
      C          Fm              Am 
They're never lost in the summer  
     C          Fm              Am 
And it's 'cause you are the vital part 
Cm   Fm 
What a start 

Cm        G 
We are a pack of cards 
Am            Fm 
I may be ace, but you're the king 
Cm            G 
The king of everything 
Am         Fm 
Look what you win 
Cm         G 
We are a pack of cards 
Am             Fm 
I may be ace, but you're the king 
Cm           G 
The king of everything 
Am         Fm                Fm 
Look what you win 

            Am 
Is it your traits? 
           C          Fm                  Am  
You know that anyone will bite the bait 
       C               Fm                     Am   
'Cause they're all wanting more and more of the taste 
C          Fm          Am 
Of your diamonds and waste 

Am   G  Cm  Fm 
What a waste 

Cm        G 
We are a pack of cards 
Am            Fm 
I may be ace, but you're the king 
Cm            G 
The king of everything 
Am         Fm 
Look what you win 
Cm         G 
We are a pack of cards 
Am             Fm 
I may be ace, but you're the king 
Cm           G 
The king of everything 
Am         Fm                Fm 
Look what you win 

Cm           G                 Am         Fm 
And does it feel really good to know that you're understood 
Cm           G                 Am         Fm 
And does it feel really good to know you would if you could 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante