Much trickier than first appears, but once you get the picking pattern it all falls in
to place. As with all of Ben's songs it's fun to play and is in an awkward tuning.
Because of the strange capo positioning all notes are NOT relative to the capo
positioning, but to nut, i.e. 0th fret. Hope that makes sense and enjoy!
P.s. All thanks to Tom Wheeler who sent me off with the basics to refine!
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Diamonds - Ben Howard
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Tabbed by: Callum Arnold
Email:
Tuning:CGCGGc and capo covering the bottom five strings on the 7th fret.
Intro
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Verse 1
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Verse 2
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Bridge
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Chorus 1
(I've just written the chords played, as the strum pattern is easy enough to figure out)
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Chorus 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_howard/diamonds_tab.html ]
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Outro
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Structure
Intro
Verse 1 x2
Verse 2
Bridge x4
Chorus 1
Verse 1
Bridge x8
Chorus 2
Outro
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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