Dm Dm Well Iʼll be damned A# Here comes your ghost again F But thatʼs not unusual C Its just that the moon is full Dm And you happened to call Dm And here I sit A# Hand on the telephone F Iʼm hearing a voice Iʼd known C А couple of light years ago Dm Heading straight for a fall Dm Dm As I remember, A# Your eyes were bluer than robinsʼ eggs F My poetry was lousy you said C Where are you calling from? Dm А booth in mid-west Dm Ten years ago A# I bought you some cuff-links F You bought me something C We both know what memories can bring Dm They bring diamonds and rust Dm Dm You burst on the scene A# Already a legend F The unwashed phenomenon C The original vagabond Dm You strayed into my arms Dm And there you stayed A# Temporarily lost at sea F The madonna was yours for free C The girl on the half-shell Dm Could keep you unharmed Am Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around Gm And snow in your hair Am Now youʼre smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel Gm Over Washington square A# Our breath comes out of white clouds F Mingles and hangs in the air D# Speaking strictly for me F A7 We both could have died then and there Am Now your telling me your not nostalgic Gm Then give me another word for it Am You who are so good with words and keeping things vague Gm ʼCos I need some of that vagueness now A# Its all come back too clearly F Yes I loved you dearly D# And if youʼre offering F A7 Diamonds and rust Iʼve already paid
