Diamonds On The Inside Tab

Diamonds on the inside
By Ben Harper
 
Riff
 
e ---------------------------
b ---------------------------
g --0------------------------
d ----2p0--------------------
a --------2p0----------------
E ------------3p0------------
 
Verse 1 (0:02 0:50)
 
G
I new a girl
A7
Her name was truth
Bb        A7       G     G
She was a horrible lair
G                  A7
She couldn’t spend one day alone
Bb        A7            G     G
But she couldn’t be satisfied
G            A7
When you have everything
Bb          A7          G     G
You have everything to lose
G                A7
She made herself a bed of nails
Bb             A7                    G     G
And she’s planning on putting it to use
 
Chorus (0:50 1:15)
 
This has the riff played trough it, just listen to the song and you will pick it
up, so does every other chorus.
 
         F           C         G
But she had diamonds on the inside
F          C               G
She had diamonds on the inside
F          C               G
She had diamonds on the inside
F  C  G
Diamonds
 
Verse 2 (1:15 2:03)
 
G                                     A7
A candle throws its light into the darkness
Bb                A7                G     G
In a nasty world so shines a good deed
G                      A7
Make sure the fortune that you seek
Bb       A7               G     G
Is the fortune that you need
G               A7
Tell me why the first to ask
Bb              A7          G     G
Is the last to give every time
G                A7
What you say and do not mean
Bb         A7       G     G
Follows you close behind
 
Chorus (2:03 2:33)
 
F          C              G
She had diamonds on the inside
F          C              G
She had diamonds on the inside
F           C              G
She wore diamonds on the inside
F  C  G  F  C  G
Diamonds diamonds
 
Solo (2:33 3:00)
 
Verse 3 (3:00 3:23)
 
G                                  A7
Like the soldier long standing under fire
Bb          A7          G     G
Any change comes as a relief
G                             A7
Let the givers name remain unspoken
Bb           A7          G     G
She is just a generous thief
 
 
Chorus (3:23 4:20)
 
   F           C         G
She had diamonds on the inside
   F           C         G
She had diamonds on the inside
   F            C          G
She wore diamonds on the inside
   F    C    G
She wore diamonds
  F  C   G
Oh diamonds
   F     C    G
She had diamonds
   F     C     G
She wore diamonds
F  C  G
Diamonds
 
Key
P = pull off
X = muted with thumb
() = time signature
 
Chords
G 320033
A7 X02010
Bb X24232
F 033210
C 332010
X