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Now I'm A Diplomat by Reality Club

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5

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Intermediate 💪

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Verse:
C
 all i wanted
Cmaj7                     F
 was to see the world and play
               G
vivaldi on the violin
C
 read philosophy
Cmaj7                       F
 as i sip my coffee, printed books is
            G
my rush of adrenaline

C
 still rode my bike
Cmaj7                      F
 in a sea of vespas father said son
                G
go work for the government
C
 there's no guarantee
Cmaj7                            F
 can't feed your family drowning yourself
                G
in hobbes and resentment

Chorus:
 F    G     Am
  who knows where life will take you?
 F     G                C
  sold poems, now i'm a diplomat
 F            G
  worked till late to pass
     E/G#              Am          F
 the time, refused the caviars and wine
                  G              C
 i must say, i am proud of who i am

Verse:
C
 took my kids
Cmaj7                            F
 to mandela's hometown left with shards
               G
of glass and a neck brace
C
 but god works
Cmaj7
 in such mysterious ways
        F
goodbye athens, concrete jungle
   G                   C
is where i'll spend my days

C
 ask me something
Cmaj7
 about the middle east
       F                    G
i'll refer to page 80 of my thesis
C
 now i'm a professor
Cmaj7                     F
 my kin a rockstar, for a country boy
          G             C
yeah i've gotten pretty far

Chorus:
 F    G     Am
  who knows where life will take you?
 F     G                C
  sold poems, now i'm a diplomat
 F            G
  worked till late to pass
     E/G#              Am          F
 the time, refused the caviars and wine
                  G              C
 i must say, i am proud of who i am

Instrumental:
C  F G

Chorus:
 F    G     Am
  who knows where life will take you?
 F     G                C
  sold poems, now i'm a diplomat
 F       G                   E/G#
  didn't think i'd have this life
         Am               F
 have so much to thank my wife for
                  G              C
 i must say, i am proud of who i am
         Am          D
 wish my father was around
             F        G     C
 to say he's proud of who i am