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Luke Hemmings – Diamonds Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Diamonds by Luke Hemmings on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C#
C# F#

[Verse 1]
C#
Cut like diamonds and
 sink like stones
C#
Starve myself 'til
 I'm skin and bones
A#m
I'm so much older than
                         F#
I ever thought I would be
C#
Hold the silence and don't let go
C#
I hurt the people I love the most
A#m
I'm so much colder than
                   F#
I ever wanted to be

[Pre-Chorus]
   F#
So how far is far?
G#
Are we too deep in?
F#
How dark is dark?
              G#
I need to see it

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[Chorus]
           C#
I'm on the way out,
losing the dream
          F#
I feel it crash down,
 down on me
              G#
Caught in the madness,
                  A#m
 it's holding on me
            F#
Is this the way it will
             C#
 always be?

[Verse 2]
C#
There's some things
that I'll never know
C#
Past the limit it's
come and gone
A#m
Watch the bright eyes as
                        F#
 they slowly sink into sleep
C#
And that same old silence
that I've come to know
A#m
Every time I find it when
          F#
there's nowhere left to go

[Pre-Chorus]
         F#
Tell me, how far is far?
G#
Are we too deep in?
F#
How dark is dark?
              G#
I need to see it

[Chorus]
           C#
I'm on the way out,
losing the dream
          F#
I feel it crash down,
 down on me
              G#
Caught in the madness,
                  A#m
 it's holding on me
            F#
Is this the way it will
             C#
 always be?

[Instrumental]
C#  A#m F#
C#  A#m F#

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[Outro]
C#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep in?
C#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep?
A#m
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep in?
F#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep?
C#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep in?
C#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep?
A#m
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep in?
F#
Tell me, how far is far?
Are we too deep?
C# F# G# A#m F# C#

How to play Diamonds: key, chords and progression

Diamonds by Luke Hemmings is centred on D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). The song uses 4 chords: C#, F#, A#m and G#.

Most of the song cycles through F# – C# – A#m – F# (IV – I – vi – IV in D♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 6th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.