Diamond Joe
Gordon Lightfoot
|_ _(x22010) |_ _ _ | _ |_ _ _ | Now there's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go His holders are in Te-xas And his name is Diamond Joe And he carries all his mo-ney In a diamond-studded jar He never was much bo-ther By the process of the law |_ _|_ _ _ | _ |_ I hired the Diamond Joe boys I offered him my hand And he gave me a string of hor-ses So old they could not stand And I nearly starved to death boys He did mistreat me so And I never saved a dol-lar In the pay of Diamond Joe |_ _|_ _ _ | _ |_ His bread it was corn dod-ger His meat I could not chaw Nearly drove me there distracted With the waggin' of his jaw And the tellin' of his sto-ry I aim to let you know That there was never a rounder That lie like Diamond Joe |_ _|_ _ _ | _ |_ I tried three times to quit him boys But he did argue so I'm still punchin' cat-tle In the pay of Diamond Joe And when I'm called up yon-der Then it comes my time to go Give my blankets to my bud-dies Give the fleas to D