D#m D#m Well Iʼll be damned B Here comes your ghost again F# But thatʼs not unusual C# Its just that the moon is full D#m And you happened to call D#m And here I sit B Hand on the telephone F# Iʼm hearing a voice Iʼd known C# А couple of light years ago D#m Heading straight for a fall D#m D#m As I remember, B Your eyes were bluer than robinsʼ eggs F# My poetry was lousy you said C# Where are you calling from? D#m А booth in mid-west D#m Ten years ago B I bought you some cuff-links F# You bought me something C# We both know what memories can bring D#m They bring diamonds and rust D#m D#m You burst on the scene B Already a legend F# The unwashed phenomenon C# The original vagabond D#m You strayed into my arms D#m And there you stayed B Temporarily lost at sea F# The madonna was yours for free C# The girl on the half-shell D#m Could keep you unharmed A#m Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around G#m And snow in your hair A#m Now youʼre smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel G#m Over Washington square B Our breath comes out of white clouds F# Mingles and hangs in the air E Speaking strictly for me F# A#7 We both could have died then and there A#m Now your telling me your not nostalgic G#m Then give me another word for it A#m You who are so good with words and keeping things vague G#m ʼCos I need some of that vagueness now B Its all come back too clearly F# Yes I loved you dearly E And if youʼre offering F# A#7 Diamonds and rust Iʼve already paid
