Diamonds and Gold

Appears on Rain Dogs

Version 1 | Lyrics

Version 1

Bm     G      Bm    G 
Broken glass, rusty nails 
          D    A       D    F# 
where the wild violets grow 
        Bm         G             Bm          G 
Say goodbye to the railroad, the mad dogs of summer 
    D    F#           Bm 
And everything that I know 
			
G                              Bm 
What some men will do here for diamonds 
G                              Bm 
What some men will do here for gold 
G                                     Bm 
They're wounded but they just keep on climbing 
G                            F# 
And sleep by the side of the road 
			
          Bm          G         Bm           G 
There's a hole in the ladder, a fence we can climb 
D        A              D         F# 
Mad as a hatter, you're thin as a dime 
   Bm         G           Bm          G 
Go out to the meadow, the hills are a-green 
Bm        D        F#         Bm 
Sing me a rainbow, steal me a dream 
			
Small-time Napoleon's shattered his knees 
But he stays in the saddle for Rose 
And all his disciples, they shave in the gutter 
And they gather what's left of his clothes 
			
What some men will do here for diamonds... 

Lyrics

Broken glass, rusty nails where the wild violets grow
Say goodbye to the railroad, the mad dogs of summer
And everything that I know

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbing
And sleep by the side of the road

There's a hole in the ladder, a fence we can climb
Mad as a hatter, you're thin as a dime
Go out to the meadow, the hills are a-green
Sing me a rainbow, steal me a dream

Small-time Napoleon's shattered his knees
But he stays in the saddle for Rose
And all his disciples, they shave in the gutter
And they gather what's left of his clothes

What some men will do here for diamonds
What some men will do here for gold
They're wounded but they just keep on climbing
And sleep by the side of the road