The Diplomat chords by Johnny Cash

• Capo on 1st

Key: Ab

🎸 Intro:

| G      | G      | C      | C      | G      | G      | C      | C      |
| G      | G      |



🎸 Verse 1:
G                    G
He slowly raised the trembling hand
C                   C                G   C                  G      G
 Gently brushed the silver strand of hair from his wrinkled brow
D                 D           D                      D              G         G
Lips that used to talk so free the eyes that used to beckon me were silent now
G               G7
He listens to a passing train
C             C            G    C         G      G
Gives into an old familiar pain, familiar pain
       D                D          D                D                G             G      G
They retired him twenty years ago, gave him a watch made of gold and took his train

🎸 Verse 2:
    G                G
His woman's name was Margaret
   C                 C             G   C            G      G
He loved her but she went away and left his heart undone
   D                     D                   D          D            G         G
He called this train the Diplomat, she's the only other lady that he ever loved
G                   G7
Some forty years he made the steam
     C               C               G  C             G      G
From Memphis down to New Orleans but now he's off the line
        D               D         D               D              G       G      G
And the closest that he ever gets Margaret or the Diplomat is in his mind


🎸 Chorus:
         G7              C     C
He said, take me to the station
    C           C                 G      G
The Diplomat is bringing Margaret home
          G                 D       D
Can't you hear that whistle blowing?
D                   D              G            G
They both know I've been alone for much too long
G7                  C      C
Let's not keep them waiting
      C              C                G      G
We'll talk about the good times later on
          G               D       D
Right now take me to the station
    D           D                 G      G      G      G
The Diplomat is bringing Margaret home


🎸 Verse 3:
G                 G
They say he talks crazy when
   C                C                G    C           G      G
He sees the passing train or when he hears Margaret's name
        D              D              D              D                 G           G
But the only things he ever loved, he lost before he loved enough he's not to blame
G                    G7
So who's to say he's right or wrong
C                C             G     C             G      G
Reaching out and hanging on to dreams he can't let go
   D                  D             D               D              G         G      G
He threw the watch of gold away but keeps tracks of memories where he belongs


🎸 Chorus:
         G7              C     C
He said, take me to the station
    C           C                 G      G
The Diplomat is bringing Margaret home
          G                 D       D
Can't you hear that whistle blowing?
D                   D              G            G
They both know I've been alone for much too long
G7                  C      C
Let's not keep them waiting
      C              C                G      G
We'll talk about the good times later on
          G               D       D
Right now take me to the station
    D           D                 G
The Diplomat is bringing Margaret home


🎸 Outro:
N.C.
They retired him twenty years ago
N.C.                                                G
Gave him a watch made of gold and took daddy's train