Tuning: Standard

Chords Used:

e|--0--X--4--0--0--0--2--7---4---4--4---5--|
B|--0--5--4--3--2--5--4--7---5---4--4---7--|
G|--1--4--4--4--2--6--4--7---6---5--4---7--|
D|--2--6--6--6--2--7--4--7---6---6--6---7--|
A|--2--X--X--X--0--0--2--9---4---6--6---5--|
E|--0--0--0--0--X--X--X--7---X---4--4---X--|

Picking Pattern for Verse:

e|--------------------------0---2---4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------2-1-0---2---------------4-------4---4-------3---3--------7-------7---5--------5-------|
G|------------------------------------------4-----------4-----------4--------7-----------6------------|
D|~~--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6----7-------7---7--------6-----|
A|~~---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0------0---------|
E|~~0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------7-----7----------------------|

| A1 C#m G#m A B E |

|--------------------------4-----------------------4------------------------------------------------0|
|--5-------5---5-------5-------5-------4-------4-------4--------2-------2---4-------2---0-------0----|
|------6-----------6---------------6-------4---------------4--------2-----------4-----------1--------|
|----7-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6----2-------2---4-------4---2-------2--|
|--0-----0-----4-----4-----4-----4------------------------------0-----0-----2-----2------------------|
|--------------------------------------4-----4-----4-----4------------------------------0-----0-----0|

Picking Pattern for Chorus:
A (x4) E1 (x4) G# (x2) C#m A D (x2) D

e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------------|-5~|
B|--2-------2---|--5-------5---|--4-------4---|--5-------5---5-------5---|-7-------7----|-7~|
G|------2-------|------6-------|------5-------|------6-----------6-------|-----7--------|-7~|
D|----2-------2-|----4-------4-|----6-------6-|----6-------6---7-------7-|---7-------7--|-7~|
A|--0-----0-----|--------------|--------------|--4-----4-----------------|-5-----5------|-5~|
E|--------------|--0-----0-----|--4-----4-----|--------------5-----5-----|--------------|-X-|

Open with E bass notes
(Verse:)

If I ever get back to St. Louis again
There’s gonna be some changes made
I’m gonna find old Alice and right where I left off
It’s gonna be just as if I stayed

That old organ grinder’s gonna wind his box
And the knife sharpener’s gonna sing
When I get back to St. Louis again
I’m gonna buy that diamond ring

(Chorus:)

Diamond ring
Diamond ring
Shine like gold
Behold that diamond ring

If I ever get back to St. Louis again
Everybody’s gonna smile
One of the Mack girls dragged me up to Washington
I got stuck there for a while

She gave me more misery than a man can hold
And I took her bad advice
Now I don’t aim to bother anyone
I have paid that awful price

Diamond ring
Diamond ring
Shine like gold
Behold that diamond ring

If ever I get back to St. Louis again
That diamond ring is gonna shine
That old burlesque dancer is gonna bum around
And everything’s gonna be fine

I’m gonna settle up my accounts with lead
And leave the rest up to the law
Then I’m gonna marry the one I love
And head out for Wichita

Diamond ring
Diamond ring
Shine like gold
Behold that diamond ring

(End on D strummed ^)

[C/G]The whistle is blowing, and the train [Am/G]is go[F/C]ing

[C/G]Just what’s gonna happen next, well, I’m not one to say

[C/G]I’m sitting here yearning while those wheels [Am/G]keep tu[F/C]rning

[C/G]”I’ll be gone by tonight,” she told me today

[C/G]And next door to the cornstalk by the side o[Am/G]f this sheet [F/C]rock

[C/G]I will wait for the morning like a dog in the moon

[F/C]Blow, blow on
[F/C]Blow, blow on

[C/G]Oh the minutes go slow now, and I hope it [Am/G]don’t snow [F/C]now

[C/G]’Cause it’s quiet and still and that train’s out of sight

[C/G]All we need is a fat storm to blow [Am/G]by the [F/C]platform

[C/G]Oh dear me, that woman, that woman’s always right

[F/C]Blow, blow on
[F/C]Blow, blow on

(I repeat chords: C/G E Am Am/G F/C C/G G C )

[F/C]Blow, blow on
[F/C]Blow, blow on

[C/G]The whistle is blowing, and the train [Am/G]is go[F/C]ing

[C/G]Just what’s gonna happen next, well, I’m not the one to say