Riff 
 
E ---------------------------| 
B ---------------------------| 
G --0------------------------| 
D ----2-0--------------------| 
A --------2-0----------------| 
E ------------3-0-3----------| 
 
Verse 1 
 
G 
I new a girl 
Am 
Her name was truth 
Bm        Am       G     G 
She was a horrible lair 
G                  Am 
She couldn?t spend one day alone 
Bm        Am            G     G 
But she couldn?t be satisfied 
G            Am 
When you have everything 
Bm          Am          G     G 
You have everything to lose 
G                Am 
She made herself a bed of nails 
Bm             Am                    G     G 
And she?s planning on putting it to use 
 
Chorus (Below is the riff for the C chord ) 
 
E --0-------------------------------| 
B --1-------------------------------| 
G --0---------0/2/0----0------------| 
D --2----0/2---------2--------------| 
A --3-------------------------------| 
E ----------------------------------| 
 
         F           C         G 
But she had diamonds on the inside 
F          C               G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
F          C               G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
F  C  G 
Diamonds 
 
Verse 2 (1:15 2:03) 
 
G                                     Am 
A candle throws its light into the darkness 
Bm                Am                G     G 
In a nasty world so shines a good deed 
G                      Am 
Make sure the fortune that you seek 
Bm       Am               G     G 
Is the fortune that you need 
 
G               Am 
Tell me why the first to ask 
Bm              Am          G     G 
Is the last to give every time 
G                Am 
What you say and do not mean 
Bm         Am       G     G 
Follows you close behind 
 
Chorus 
 
F          C              G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
F          C              G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
F           C              G 
She wore diamonds on the inside 
F  C  G  F  C  G 
Diamonds diamonds 
 
Solo 
 
E|-----------------------| 
B|9--- 9-----------------| 
G|8h10-8---8-------------| 
D|--------8h10-p8--6-----| 
A|------------------6----| 
E|-----------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|--------------------|--------------------| 
G|--------------------|--------------------| 
D|8-------------8-----|6-------------6-----| 
A|6----6-(8)/10----10-|4----4-(6)/8----8---| 
E|--------------------|--------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|----------------10--|--------------------| 
G|-----10---8/10----10|8p5-----------------| 
D|8/10---10-----------|----8p6-------------| 
A|--------------------|--------8p6---------| 
E|--------------------|------------8p6-----| 
 
E|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|--------------------|--------------------| 
G|--------------------|--------------------| 
D|6-------------6-----|8-------------8-----| 
A|6----4-(6)/8----8---|6----6-(8)/10----10-| 
E|--------------------|--------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
B|9p8-----------------|9-----------------------| 
G|----10-8--10v-------|8h10-8-------------8----| 
D|--------------------|-------10\8-6-8/10---10-| 
A|--------------------|------------------------| 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|--------11---------------------| 
B|----------9-11--9---|(11)b13----(13)r11-9--11p9---9-| 
G|8h10--8-10----------|---------------------------10--| 
D|--------------------|-------------------------------| 
A|--------------------|-------------------------------| 
E|--------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
B|(11)b13°-9----------|------------------------| 
G|-----------10-10----|8h10-8------------------| 
D|--------------------|------  10\8-6-8p6------| 
A|--------------------|--------------------8\--| 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
 
E|--------------------|-----------------------| 
B|7p6-----------------|------------9----------| 
G|-----8p6-------6-6--|6-8p6--8/10------------| 
D|----------6h8-------|-----------------------| 
A|--------------------|-----------------------| 
E|--------------------|-----------------------| 
 
 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
B|9p8-----------------|------------------------| 
G|-----10p8-------8-8-|8-10p8-(10)b11\---------| 
D|----------8h10------|------------------------| 
A|--------------------|------------------------| 
E|--------------------|------------------------| 
 
 
Verse 3 
 
G                                  Am 
Like the soldier long standing under fire 
Bm          Am          G     G 
Any change comes as a relief 
G                             Am 
Let the givers name remain unspoken 
Bm           Am          G     G 
She is just a generous thief 
 
 
Chorus 
 
   F           C         G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
   F           C         G 
She had diamonds on the inside 
   F            C          G 
She wore diamonds on the inside 
   F    C    G 
She wore diamonds 
  F  C   G 
Oh diamonds 
   F     C    G 
She had diamonds 
   F     C     G 
She wore diamonds 
F  C  G 
Diamonds