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:
Main Riff:
(Alternative way to play the riff:)
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
[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
Guitar Solo: (1:37)
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)
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
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:
|-------------12-12h14s16----------------12-12h1416--------|
|-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:)
|-------------12-12h14s16----------------12-12h1416--------|
|-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
|-----------------12-12h14s16------|
|-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~-12b14r14-------|
|-----------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)
--------------------------------------------------------
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
