Willie's Diamond Joe-Matt Andersen

[@johnnyfreedom2121]

Matt this is my favorite song that you sing .... your vocals bring out the pain and the sorrow that Willy must have been feeling when he wrote this .... Amazing ..Thank you

[@KristeeCanipe]

This voice leaves me speechless, breathless, tears roll down my face and chills for days. WOW!!!

[@ellllllo77]

thats how i feel when i take a good dump.

[@cyrilsimmonds1507]

Thanks Matt all the way from New Zealand soul man

[@primitivex5221]

This and broken man are very real songs .. Thank you Matt

[@ralphjosey3785]

Once I was a rich man,
A gambler was my game
‘Til I saw her cool beauty
Inside her danced my flame
And I watched till my desire
Was turned from me to her
And she watched till I was blinded
And then she left me there
Give her diamonds for her fingers
And rhinestones for her hair
Give her dresses for her body
But don’t ever give her care
Shell curse you and shell haunt you
And shell do it with a smile
Even when you’re on the long road
And been down it many a mile
I gave her all she needed
I loved her all I could
But she wanted more boys
And I never understood
And the times that I would leave her
I never could decide
Whether I was gone for good then
Or just for one last ride
Give her diamonds for her fingers
And rhinestones for her hair
Give her dresses for her body
But don’t ever give her care
Shell curse you and shell haunt you
and shell do it with a smile
Even when you’re on the long road
And been down it many a mile

[@taironejaniski8174]

very thanks!!!

[@mario_lages]

Mat, you rock man!
Keep rocking us please!

[@lirmeaney6255]

And this has gotta be one of my favourites.

[@DarylRamage]

The name of the song is "Willie’s Diamond Joe". It's on Matt's new CD "Coal Ming Blues"

[@rossneilsen]

You're both right. this is Willie P Bennett's version of the classic tale of Diamond Joe. Willie P was a great Canadian songwriter.

[@jms808can]

Ross Neilsen like you’d know.

[@juliefuller6669]

this is so freakin' awesome I can't stand it!!!!

[@scova3]

i have the matt andersen album coal mining blues which this is on. in the book it says this was written by willie p bennett. just to clarify this argument

[@mikeschneider1624]

enjoy the art and pray for the artist

[@吉川直志-w6d]

I want to buy his CD at once !.

[@jimbobyk]

Their comment's gone! What'd they say? Matt is awesome!

[@WeTubule]

Several different versions of the lyrics out there. Only common lyrics between some is a character named "Diamond Joe". Like "State Of Arkansas", this version by Bennett doesn't even have a DJ character. These lyrics were original, thus the credit. Arrangements and chords have also varied.- Even the vocal melody a bit. (worldwideweb).clearlight(dot)com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/DIAMONDJ.HTM

[@PunkBoy519]

Does anybody know where I can find a tab of how to play the song like this? If somebody could help me that would be great!

[@pamsanby8506]

Mirificus Tempus chordu.com/chords-tabs-willie-s-diamond-joe-matt-andersen-id_lTlGVE84yGc

[@PunkBoy519]

Does anybody know where I can find a tab for this? I've looked everywhere.

[@jerrymichaud]

Mirificus Tempus jerry mocha's23@gmail

[@lisaraehansen]

Great, lets see it then. if you can sing it better than this lad matt andersen, i'll be an instant fan.

[@tikakotze7920]

Why only now?

[@allgenrelisten35]

SHIVERS!!!

[@Brayden-yv5jd]

Papa

[@fredp4026]

Must of been 8 chubby fingers that accidentally hit the dislike button on their way to the like button

[@sayinbruce734]

I own 97k of these views.

[@lisaraehansen]

can u sing it any better?

[@onthebus11]

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