Db                    Fm
He crossed the street he knew so well
    B                Gb
Got lost there every day
Db               Fm
Cursed his work, cried in shame
        B              Gb
And was really glad it rained


[Chorus]
      Db                  Fm      B    Gb
Let's trade our tears for diamonds
Db                  Fm      B   Gb
Trade our tears for diamonds


[Verse 2]
Db              Fm
Stepping in the day was long
     B               Gb
Much longer than the time
Db                 Fm
No one around here gave a damn
    B          Gb
Not even just a dime


[Chorus]
         Db                  Fm      B   Gb
So let's trade our tears for diamonds
      Db                  Fm      B    Gb
Let's trade our tears for diamonds


[Post-Chorus]
Gb     Fm
On and on it
Gb       Fm
goes and goes
Gb     Fm
On and on
          B              Gb
Sorry, he never seems to cut it


[Verse 3]
     Db               Fm
He's poor as fuck and he still deserves
  B              Gb
A statue so they say
   Db                Fm
He took good care of wife and kids
         B           Gb
But they left him anyway


[Chorus]
      Db                  Fm      B    Gb
Let's trade his tears for diamonds
      Db                   Fm     B    Gb
Let's trade his tears for diamonds


[Post-Chorus]
Gb        Fm
On and on it
Gb       Fm
goes and goes
Gb      Fm
On and on
          B               Gb
Sorry, he never seems to cut it
   B     Gb
To cut it


[Verse 4]
   Db                   Fm
We change the things we used to love
B                  Gb
Until they make us hate
      Db               Fm
We can dress up on the outside
    B                      Gb
But inside there's just no way


[Chorus]
      Db                  Fm      B   Gb
Let's trade our tears for diamonds
      Db                  Fm      B   Gb
Let's trade our tears for diamonds


[Post-Chorus]
Gb        Fm
On and on it
Gb       Fm
goes and goes
Gb      Fm
On and on
          Db             Gb
Sorry, he never seems to cut it