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From: StevenJ1@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 01:39:38 -0500
Subject: This Diamond Ring

This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
(Kooper, Levine, Brass) c 1965?

[ CAPO I ]
Bm               D            E Bm
Who wants to buy this diamond ring?
    Bm                          D                 E C
She took it off her finger now, it doesn't mean a thing.
F                         Dm
This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore
    F                         Dm
And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it did before.
   Bb        Am      Bb        Am      Gm
So if you've got someone who's love is true,
C                F    F#
let it shine for you.

Bm                     D                E Bm
This stone is genuine, like love should be.
    Bm                        D              E C
And if your baby's truer than my baby was to me.
F                     Dm
This diamond ring can be something beautiful
    F                   Dm
and this diamond can be dreams that are coming true
    Bb        Am          Bb      Am         Gm
and then your heart won't have to break like mine did
C               F          F#
If there's love behind it.

[ Instrumental ] Bm D E Bm, Bm D E C

F                     Dm
This diamond ring can be something beautiful
    F                   Dm
and this diamond can be dreams that are coming true
    Bb        Am          Bb      Am         Gm
and then your heart won't have to break like mine did.
C               F      (Dm)
If there's love behind it.

[ begin fade ]
F                         Dm
This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore
    F                         Dm
And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it did before.
   Bb        Am      Bb        Am      Gm
So if you've got someone who's love is true,
C                F   Dm F.
let it shine for you.