Intro: C Am7 Am G Em Up on the white veranda C G She wears a necktie and a Panama hat. Em Her passport shows a face C G From another time and place She looks nothin' like that. C G And all the remnants of her recent past Em G Are scattered in the wild wind. D She walks across the marble floor C D C Em G Where a voice from the gambling room is callin' her to come on in. Em Am She smiles, walks the other way C D C Em Am C As the last ship sails and the moon fades away C Am7 Am G From Black Diamond Bay. Intro Em As the mornin' light breaks open, the Greek comes down C G And he asks for a rope and a pen that will write. Em "Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says, C G Carefully removes his fez, "Am I hearin' you right?" C G And as the yellow fog is liftin' Em G The Greek is quickly headin' for the second floor. D She passes him on the spiral staircase C D C Em G Thinkin' he's the Soviet Ambassador, Em Am She starts to speak, but he walks away C D C Em Am C As the storm clouds rise and the palm branches sway C Am7 Am G On Black Diamond Bay. Intro Em A soldier sits beneath the fan C G Doin' business with a tiny man who sells him a ring. Em Lightning strikes, the lights blow out. C G The desk clerk wakes and begins to shout, "Can you see anything?" C G Then the Greek appears on the second floor Em G In his bare feet with a rope around his neck, While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle, D Says, "Open up another deck." C D C Em But the dealer says, "Attendez-vous, s'il vous plait,'' C D C Em Am C As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away C Am7 Am G From Black Diamond Bay. intro Em The desk clerk heard the woman laugh C G As he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got tough. Em He tried to grab the woman's hand, C G Said, "Here's a ring, it cost a grand." She said, "That ain't enough." C G Then she ran upstairs to pack her bags Em G While a horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb. She passed the door that the Greek had locked, D Where a handwritten sign read, "Do Not Disturb." C D C Em She knocked upon it anyway C D C Em Am C As the sun went down and the music did play C Am7 Am G On Black Diamond Bay. intro Em "I've got to talk to someone quick!" C G But the Greek said, "Go away," and he kicked the chair to the floor. Em He hung there from the chandelier. C G She cried, "Help, there's danger near Please open up the door!" C G Then the volcano erupted Em G And the lava flowed down from the mountain high above. D The soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner Thinking of forbidden love. C D C Em But the desk clerk said, "It happens every day," C D C Em Am C As the stars fell down and the fields burned away C Am7 Am G On Black Diamond Bay. intro Em As the island slowly sank C G The loser finally broke the bank in the gambling room. Em The dealer said, "It's too late now. C G You can take your money, but I don't know how You'll spend it in the tomb." C G The tiny man bit the soldier's ear Em G As the floor caved in and the boiler in the basement blew, D While she's out on the balcony, where a stranger tells her, "My darling, je vous aime beaucoup." C D C Em She sheds a tear and then begins to pray C D C Em Am C As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away C Am7 Am G From Black Diamond Bay. intro Em I was sittin' home alone one night in L.A., C G Watchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news. Em It seems there was an earthquake that C G Left nothin' but a Panama hat And a pair of old Greek shoes. C G Didn't seem like much was happenin', Em G So I turned it off and went to grab another beer. D Seems like every time you turn around There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear C D C Em And there's really nothin' anyone can say C D C Em Am C And I never did plan to go anyway C Am7 Am G To Black Diamond Bay. Finish off with intro.