Los Lonely Boys
Diamonds
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 B
I'm lookin' at a rainbow
C#m A
Way on across them hills
E B
My baby's love is with me
C#m A
And I know that its for real
Chorus:
E B
I ain't got no diamonds
C#m A
And girl you know I ain't got no gold
E B
I ain't never been a rich man
C#m A
But girl I got you here to hold
Verse 2:
E B
We dance out in the moonlit sky
C#m A
But it pales beside her light
E B
She puts her arms around me
C#m A
And I'll tell her it's alright
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/los_lonely_boys/diamonds_tab.html ]
Chorus:
E B
I ain't got no diamonds
|-12s14--12----------------|
|-14s16--14----------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
C#m A
And girl you know I ain't got no gold
|-14b16-14pb16-12--14-12---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
E B
I ain't never been a rich man
|-----------------12-12h14==s16------|
|-x-x-12-12-12-14--------------------|
|-x-x--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
C#m A
But girl I got you here to hold
|-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 A
When you find what really matters
E B
And that moment you will see
C#m B A
Far beyond our selfish wonders
A B C#m E B
Love is simple, love 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
