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Diplomats Son by Vampire Weekend
Diplomats Son
This is the bass line that runs all the way through the song.
The chords used are F# B C#.
E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G||---------------------1-------|-----------------------------|
D||-----4-4----4------1------1--|-----3-3----3------3-3----3--|
A||---------------2-2-----------|--4------------4-4-----------|
E||--2--------------------------|-----------------------------|
The song slows down near the end and Rostam sings. The chords are B F# C#.
E||-------------------------------------------------------|
B||------7-------7--------2--------2--------2----------9--|
G||----8-------8-------3--------3--------3---------10-----|
D||--9-------9------4--------4--------4--------11---------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------------------------|
It's not right but it's now or never
And if I wait could I ever forgive myself?
On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide
With the light from the TV's buzzing in the house
Cuz I'm gonna cut it where I can
And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
If I ever had a chance it's now then
But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you
He was a diplomat's son
It was 81
Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen
I could sleep wherever I lay my head
And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub
Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet
Cuz I'm gonna take it from Simon
And then I'm gonna duck out behind them
If I ever had a chance it's now then
But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you
He was a diplomat's son
It was 81
I know, you'll say
I'm not doing it right
But this is how I want it
I can't go back
To how I felt before
That night I smoked a joint
With my best friend
We found ourselves in bed
When I woke up he was gone
He was the diplomat's son
It was 81
Looking out at the ice-cold water all around me
I can't feel any traces of that other place
In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river
There's a car all black with diplomatic plates
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