Diamond Days Chords & Lyrics - Eric Bibb

Capo 1st Fret (Played in C)

[INTRO]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C] [Am] [C/G]

[CHORUS]
[C]Some days you get [Am]diamonds,
[F]Some days nickels and[D] dimes
[F]Some days life's a [G]poem
[F]Some days [G]nothing r[C]hymes,
[C]Some days you're a[Am] winner,
[F]Some days you [D]lose,
[F]Some days all you're [G]doing[F] is [G]paying [C]dues.

[VERSE 1]
[C] [Am] [C/G]

[C]On a Wednesday I was[Am] playing in a [C/G]biker [C]bar,
[Am]outside [C/G]Topeka[C]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]On that Friday I was[Am] playing on a [C/G]blues [C]cruise,
[Am]going to [C/G]Dominica[C]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]Ebbs and flo[F]ws, [Am/E] [G]like the [C]tide

[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C] [Am] [C/G]

[CHORUS]

[C]Some days you get [Am]diamonds,
[F]Some days nickels and[D] dimes
[F]Some days sparkle, [G]
[F]Some days n[G]othing [C]shines,
[C]Some days you're [Am]given
[F]Some days you [D]choose,
[F]Some days all you're [G]doing[F] is [G]paying [C]dues.

[VERSE 2]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]Tonight I'm [Am]sleeping in a [C/G]5-Star h[C]otel,
[Am]Couldn't ask[C/G] for more, [C]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]But I've wou[Am]nd up [C/G]many a [C]night,
[Am]sleeping on a [C/G]stran[C]ger's floor,
[C]Sometimes yo[F]u wal[Am/E]k, somet[G]imes you [C]ride.

[CHORUS]
[C] [Am] [C/G]

[C]Some days you get [Am]diamonds,
[F]Some days nickels and[D] dimes
[F]Some days sparkle, [G]
[F]Some days n[G]othing [C]shines,
[C]Some days you're [Am]given
[F]Some days you [D]choose,
[F]Some days all you're [G]doing[F] is [G]paying [C]dues.

[VERSE 3]
[VERSE 2]

[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]Some folks treat [Am]you like [C/G]something under their [C]shoe,
[Am]ain't [C/G]nothin' new.[C]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]Others greet you [Am]like a [C/G]holy [C]prophet,
[Am]now what you [C/G]gonna do?[C]
[C]You try [F]to take [Am/E]it [G]all in [C]stride,

[CHORUS]
[C] [Am] [C/G]
[C]Some days you get [Am]diamonds,
[F]Some days nickels and[D] dimes
[F]Some days you're out of tune, [G]
[F]Some days it [G]all [C]chimes,
[C]Some days you're [Am]grinnin'
[F]Some days you're [D]frownin' the blues,
[F]Some days all you're [G]doing[F] is [G]paying [C]dues.