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Diamond Smiles

The Boomtown Rats
ChordsKeyEbeginner129 BPM
★4.7(41)

Chords in this song3

Intro

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Verse

Traffic's wild tonight
Diamond smiles her cocktail smile
Tonight she’s in heavy disguise
She looks at her wrist to clock the passing time

Verse

Weather's mild tonight
She wonders will they notice her eyes
She wonders will her glamour survive
And can they see she’s going down a third time  

Verse

Oh everybody tries
It’s Dale Carnegie gone wild
But Barbara Cartland’s child
Long ago perfected the motionless glide

Verse

And in the low voltage noise
Diamond seems so sure and so poised
She shimmers for the bright young boys
And says ‘love is for others but me it destroys’

Verse

The girl in the cake
Jumped out too soon by mistake
Somebody said the whole things half baked
And Diamond lifts her glass and says ‘Cheers’
She stands to one side,
There’s no more to this than meets the eye
Everybody drinks Martini dry
And talks about clothes and the latest styles

Chorus

Oh, oh they said she did it with grace
They said she did it with style
They said she did it all
They said before she died
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
I remember Diamond’s smile
(Drum Fill)
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Verse

Nobody saw her go
They said they should have noticed ‘cause her dress was cut so low
Well it only goes to show
Ha, ha how many real men any of us know

Verse

She went up the stairs
Stood upon the vanity chair
Tied her lamé belt around the chandelier
And went out, kicking at the perfumed air

Chorus

Oh, oh oh they said she did it with grace
They said she did it with style
They said she did it all
They said before she died
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
I remember Diamond’s smile

Outro

Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
(repeat to fade)

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