Em
Well I'll be damned
                 C
Here comes your ghost again
                G
But that's not unusual
                  D
Its just that the moon is full
        Em
And you happened to call

Em
And here I sit
            C
Hand on the telephone
               G
I'm hearing a voice I'd known
              D
A couple of light years ago
                         Em
Heading straight for a fall

Em
As I remember,
                           C
Your eyes were bluer than robins' eggs
               G
My poetry was lousy you said
               D
Where are you calling from?
            Em
A booth in mid-west

Em
Ten years ago
                   C
I bought you some cuff-links
               G
You bought me something
                   D
We both know what memories can bring
                          Em
They bring diamonds and rust

Em
You burst on the scene
           C
Already a legend
              G
The unwashed phenomenon
              D
The original vagabond
                     Em
You strayed into my arms

Em
And there you stayed
             C
Temporarily lost at sea
                 G
The madonna was yours for free
                D
The girl on the half-shell
                Em
Could keep you unharmed

Bm
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around
    Am
And snow in your hair
Bm
Now you're smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel
                 Am
Over Washington square
   C
Our breath comes out of white clouds
                          G
Mingles and hangs in the air
    Fmaj7
Speaking strictly for me
                   G               B7
We both could have died then and there

Em
Now your telling me
            C
Your not nostalgic
                      G
Then give me another word for it
                D
You who are so good with words
                    Em
And keeping things vague

 Em
'Cos I need some of that vagueness now
                        C
Its all come back too clearly
                 G
Yes I loved you dearly
                        D
And if you're offering diamonds and rust
             Em
I've already paid