Some Days Are Diamonds
John Denver (1981)

Swing
4/4 | d u D u d u D u |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [Gsus4] | [G] | [Gsus4]
When you | [G] ask how I've | [D] been here with- | [Em] out you | [Em]
I [D↓] like to | [C] say I've been | fine and I | [G] do | [G]
But we both | [C] know the | truth is hard to | [G] come by
And if | [Em] I told the | [A] truth that's not quite | [D] true | [D↓]
Chorus
Some days are | [G] diamonds | [C] ...some days are | [G] stones | [G]
Sometimes the | [Em] hard times | [A] won't leave me a- | [D] lone | [D]
Sometimes the | [G] cold wind | [C] blows a chill in my | [G] bones [D↓] |
| [Em]... [C] Some days are | [G] diamonds | [D] ...some days are |
| [G] stones [G7] | [C] [C#dim7] | [G] | [D] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [Gsus4] | [G] | [Gsus4]
Now the | [G] face that I | [D] see in my mir- | [Em] ror | [Em]
[D↓] More and | [C] more is a | stranger to | [G] me | [G]
More and | [C] more... I can | see... there's a | [G] danger | [G]
In be- | [Em] coming what I | [A] never thought I'd | [D] be | [D↓]
Chorus
Some days are | [G] diamonds | [C] ...some days are | [G] stones | [G]
Sometimes the | [Em] hard times | [A] won't leave me a- | [D] lone | [D]
Sometimes the | [G] cold wind | [C] blows a chill in my | [G] bones [D↓] |
| [Em]... [C] Some days are | [G] diamonds | [D] ...some days are |
| [G] stones | [D] | [A] | [E7]
Key Change (with connectors)
Chorus
| [A] | [E7]
Some days are | [A] diamonds | [D] ...some days are | [A] stones | [A]
Sometimes the | [F#m] hard times | [B7] won't leave me a- | [E7] lone | [E7]
Sometimes the | [A] cold wind | [D] blows a chill in my | [A] bones |
| [F#m]... [D] Some days are | [A] diamonds | [E7] ...some days are |
| [A] stones | [E7] | [A↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 05/11/20 JJ
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John Denver (1981)











Swing
4/4 | d u D u d u D u |
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [G] | [Gsus4] | [G] | [Gsus4]
When you | [G] ask how I've | [D] been here with- | [Em] out you | [Em]
I [D↓] like to | [C] say I've been | fine and I | [G] do | [G]
But we both | [C] know the | truth is hard to | [G] come by
And if | [Em] I told the | [A] truth that's not quite | [D] true | [D↓]
Chorus
Some days are | [G] diamonds | [C] ...some days are | [G] stones | [G]
Sometimes the | [Em] hard times | [A] won't leave me a- | [D] lone | [D]
Sometimes the | [G] cold wind | [C] blows a chill in my | [G] bones [D↓] |
| [Em]... [C] Some days are | [G] diamonds | [D] ...some days are |
| [G] stones [G7] | [C] [C#dim7] | [G] | [D] |
Instrumental
| [G] | [Gsus4] | [G] | [Gsus4]
Now the | [G] face that I | [D] see in my mir- | [Em] ror | [Em]
[D↓] More and | [C] more is a | stranger to | [G] me | [G]
More and | [C] more... I can | see... there's a | [G] danger | [G]
In be- | [Em] coming what I | [A] never thought I'd | [D] be | [D↓]
Chorus
Some days are | [G] diamonds | [C] ...some days are | [G] stones | [G]
Sometimes the | [Em] hard times | [A] won't leave me a- | [D] lone | [D]
Sometimes the | [G] cold wind | [C] blows a chill in my | [G] bones [D↓] |
| [Em]... [C] Some days are | [G] diamonds | [D] ...some days are |
| [G] stones | [D] | [A] | [E7]
Key Change (with connectors)
Chorus
| [A] | [E7]
Some days are | [A] diamonds | [D] ...some days are | [A] stones | [A]
Sometimes the | [F#m] hard times | [B7] won't leave me a- | [E7] lone | [E7]
Sometimes the | [A] cold wind | [D] blows a chill in my | [A] bones |
| [F#m]... [D] Some days are | [A] diamonds | [E7] ...some days are |
| [A] stones | [E7] | [A↓]
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 05/11/20 JJ
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