Key: B
Introduction: D#m G#m C# F# F#/F D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
The casino floor is full of men so frightened
D#m G#m C#
Trying to make good pay
D#m G#m
To win or lose
C# F# F#/F
We know just how our night ends
D#m G#m C#
Gonna throw it all away
B A#m G#m F#
Oh, but suddenly you draw the queen of diamonds
B A#m G#m F#
And everyone around you turns to silence
B A#m G#m F# C#
Another plea to keep the repo man from dialing your name
A#m B C#
Again and again
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
You think of all the gifts that you would give her
D#m G#m C#
Trying to make her stay, oh
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
And you remember all the love she carried with her
D#m G#m C#
Like a bitter cheap champaign
B A#m G#m F#
Now that's history, you've drawn the queen of diamonds
B A#m G#m F#
It'll be limousines and caribbean islands
B A#m G#m F#
You can't wait to see her standing there just smiling
C# A#m B C# A#m7
For a change, change, for a change
A#m G#m
What a fools game, oh
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D#m G#m C#
Oh, oh, oh
D#m G#m C# F# F#/F
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
D#m G#m C#
Oh, oh, oh
A E/G#
Those whiskey drinks, they give you your ambition
G D/F#
While the bar ladys, they work for their commission
F A/E D E
But it doesn't stop a sucker like you wishing, and away
D C#m Bm A
Oh, how can it be you draw the queen of diamonds
D C#m Bm A
It was limousines and caribbean islands
D C#m Bm A E
What you didn't see is the dealer, he was hiding an ace
C#m D E C#m7
An ace, what an ace
C#m Bm
What a cruel, cruel game, oh
F#m Bm E A A/G#
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F#m Bm E A A/G#
Oh, oh, oh
F#m Bm E A A/G#
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
F#m Bm E
Oh, oh, oh