Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend chords by Carol Channing

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: F

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
Gm7              C7-9       F   C7
Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Instrumental:
F   F#  F
F#   G  C# C

Verse 3:
F
I've heard of affairs
F
That are strictly platonic
F                          Abdim   C7
But diamonds are a girl's best friend
D7  Gm
And I think affairs
Gm
That you must keep liaisonic
D7  G
Are better bets
    C7
If little pets get big baguettes

Chorus 3:
Cm  Fdim  F9
Time rolls on
    Bb    A   Bb
And youth is gone
Bbm  F         A7    Dm       G7    C7
And you can't straighten up when you bend
F
But stiff back
F
Or stiff knees
 Cm6             Am7  D7
You stand straight at Tiffany's
Gm7
Diamonds
Bbm
Diamonds
F              D7
I don't mean rhinestones
Gm7                C7-9
But diamonds are a girl's best
F  C7  F
Friend