Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend - Carol Channing Chords
Chords: F, F#, Bbm, Dm, Cm, Bb, C, Abdim, C7, D7
More chords by Carol Channing
Genre: musical theatre, broadway, cabaret
[Intro]
F F# F
The French are glad to die for love
F# F
They delight in fighting duels
Bbm Dm Cm
But I prefer a man who lives
Bb C F
And gives expensive jewels
[Verse 1]
F
A kiss on the hand
F
May be quite continental
F Abdim C7
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
D7 Gm
A kiss may be grand
Gm
But it won't pay the rental
D7 G
On your humble flat
C7 C
Or help you at the automat
[Chorus 1]
Cm Fdim F9
Men grow cold
Bb A Bb
As girls grow old
Bbm F A7 Dm G7 C7
And we all lose our charms in the end
F
But square-cut or pear-shaped
Cm6 Am7 D7
These rocks don't lose their shape
Gm7 C7-9 F C7
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
[Verse 2]
F
There may come a time
F
When a lass needs a lawyer
F Abdim C7
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
D7 Gm
There may come a time
Gm
When a hard-boiled employer
D7 G
Thinks you're awful nice
C7
But get that ice or else no dice
[Chorus 2]
Cm Fdim F9
He's your guy
Bb A Bb
When stocks are high
Bbm F A7 Dm G7 C7
But beware when they start to descend
F
It's then that those louses
Cm6 Am7 Dm7
Go back to their spouses
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