Diplomat Chords
Diplomat by Swimming With Dolphins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Am, C, Cadd9, Am7, Em and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G D Am C Cadd9 (x2)
verse 1:
G
Live to work, work to live
D
No time left to spend or give
Am Am7
Walking like a bureaucrat
C D
Talking like a diplomat
verse 2:
G
Always look into their eyes
D
Firm handshakes, quick replies
Am Am7
Push the product, sell the crop
C D
Climb that ladder to the top
verse 3:
G
But what if it's not meant for me?
D
I can't stand the symmetry
Am Am7
My head is stuck inside the clouds
C Cadd9
But I can see clearly now
G D Am Am7
I'm trying to find the means to living more passionately
C Cadd9 G
Cause I'm not who I wanna be
D Am Am7
Buried in routines, I don't care what happens to me
C Cadd9 G
I just gotta get free
G D Am C D
verse 4:
G
I am no proprietor
D
Tell that that to my dear father
Am Am7
Taught me everything he knew
C D
About nothing that I wanna do
Verse 5:
G
Earned awards, honors, degrees
D
I couldn't find myself in these
Am Am7
So I took my car keys and ID's
C D
And threw them in the ocean
Bridge:
Em D Am7 D C
Now, all of the world is laying right before my eyes
Am D7
I wonder why the hell it took so long for
G D Am7 C G D C Em
me to recognize
(recognieieiiize)
Am7 G D Cadd9 Am7 C D
G D C
I'm trying to find the means to living more passionately
Am Am7 G
Cause I'm not who I wanna be
D C Am7
Buried in routines, I don't care what happens to me
G D Am Am7
I said I'm trying to find the means to living more passionately
C Cadd9 G
Cause I'm not who I wanna be
D Am Am7
Buried in routines, I don't care what happens to me
C Cadd9 G
I just gotta get free
G D Am C
Cadd9 G
I just gotta get free
G D Am C D (Repeat and fade)