Diamonds Los Lonely Boys
Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Album: Sacred
Transcribed by Soch Hean
Tune a half step down!
I know this isnt perfect, but its an attempt of how I think its played... enjoy.
Intro:
|--------------------------------7--7-x-x-------------------------------------| |-9--9-x-x-----------------------7--7-x-x-------------------------------------| |-9--9-x-x-----------------------8--8-x-x-------------------------------------| |-9--9-x-x------9-9-9h11p9-------9--9-x-x-------------------------------------| |----------9s11------------11s9----------------9h11p9----9h11p9---------------| |-----------------------------------------9s11--------11--------11\-----------| |-5--5-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5--5-x-x----------------------9--9-x-x--------------------------------------| |-6--6-x-x---------9h11p9-------9--9-x-x--------------------------------------| |-7--7-x-x----------------11s9--9--9-x-x------9-9----9h11p9-11----------------| |--------------7-9-----------------------9s11-----11--------------------------| |----------7s9----------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff:
|-------------12-12h14===s16----------------12-12h14===16--------| |-12-12-12-14-12-12-------------12-12-12-14-12-12----------------| |-13-13-13-13-------------------13-13-13-13----------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-12-12-12-14-16-16b17=-14b16=-14pb16p12--12~----| |-12-12-12-16-17---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
(Alternative way to play the riff:)
|-------------12-12h14===s16----------------12-12h14===16--------| |-12-12-12-14-------------------12-12-12-14----------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-12-12-12-14-16-16b17=-14b16=-14pb16p12--12~----| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
[E]I'm lookin' at a r[B]ainbow
[C#m]Way on across them [A]hills
[E]My baby's love is [B]with me
[C#m]And I know that its for [A]real
Chorus:
[E]I ain't got no d[B]iamonds
[C#m]And girl you know I ain't got no g[A]old
[E]I ain't never been a [B]rich man
[C#m]But girl I got you here to h[A]old
Verse 2:
[E]We dance out in the m[B]oonlit sky
[C#m]But it pales beside her [A]light
[E]She puts her arms a[B]round me
[C#m]And I'll tell her it's a[A]lright
( Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/los_lonely_boys/diamonds_tab.html )
Chorus:
[E]I ain't got no d[B]iamonds
|-12s14--12----------------| |-14s16--14----------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|
[C#m]And girl you know I ain't got no g[A]old
|-14b16-14pb16-12--14-12---| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|
[E]I ain't never been a [B]rich man
|-----------------12-12h14==s16------| |-x-x-12-12-12-14--------------------| |-x-x--------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
[C#m]But girl I got you here to h[A]old
|-12-12-12-14-16-16b17-14b16-14pb16-12--14p12----12----| |---------------------------------------------14----14-| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo: (1:37)
|-12-14-14b16r16-12----12-11----11-11h12p11----------------------------12--------| |-------------------14-------14-------------14-14~-12-14~--12-14-12-14----14-14~-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----11---12---11-11-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-14-----------------14p12-14p12-14p12s10-12p10s9-10p9----9-10p9-10p9----------------| |------------------------------------------------------11-------------11----9~-------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------11----11----| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------9-------9-9-9-------9-9-------9---------9-9-| |--------9-10-12b14r14-12--12~---12b14---12b14-------12b14-----12b14---9-12b14-----| |-11b13=---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------9-9--------------------------------------------| |-12b14----------------------9-9~-10~-12b14r=14=-------| |-----------11p9------9~-11~---------------------------| |----------------11p9----------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge:
[F#m]When you find what really m[A]atters
[E]And that moment you will s[B]ee
[C#m]Far be[B]yond our selfish wo[A]nders
[A]Lov[B]e i[C#m]s sim[E]ple, lo[B]ve is free
(Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus till fade out)
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An idea of how I think Henry Garza plays the chords:
E: xx999x
B: xx9877
C#m: x-x-11-9-9-9
A: xx7655
F#m: xx4222
Legend:
s - slide
b - bend
pb - prebend
p - pulloff
h - hammeron
r - release
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