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Diamonds on the Inside

Ben Harper
Tab
4.7(82)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--0------------------------|
D|----2-0--------------------|
A|--------2-0----------------|
E|------------3-0-3----------|

Verse 1

G

I new a girl

Am

Her name was truth

Bm Am G G

She was a horrible lair

G Am

She couldn’t spend one day alone

Bm Am G G

But she couldn’t be satisfied

G Am

When you have everything

Bm Am G G

You have everything to lose

G Am

She made herself a bed of nails

Bm Am G G

And she’s planning on putting it to use

Chorus

(Below is the riff for the C chord )

e|--0-------------------------------|
B|--1-------------------------------|
G|--0---------0/2/0----0------------|
D|--2----0/2---------2--------------|
A|--3-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

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 Am

A candle throws its light into the darkness

Bm Am G G

In a nasty world so shines a good deed

G Am

Make sure the fortune that you seek

Bm Am G G

Is the fortune that you need

G Am

Tell me why the first to ask

Bm Am G G

Is the last to give every time

G Am

What you say and do not mean

Bm Am G G

Follows you close behind

Chorus

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

e|-----------------------|
B|9--- 9-----------------|
G|8h10-8---8-------------|
D|--------8h10-p8--6-----|
A|------------------6----|
E|-----------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|8-------------8-----|6-------------6-----|
A|6----6-(8)/10----10-|4----4-(6)/8----8---|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------10--|--------------------|
G|-----10---8/10----10|8p5-----------------|
D|8/10---10-----------|----8p6-------------|
A|--------------------|--------8p6---------|
E|--------------------|------------8p6-----|
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|6-------------6-----|8-------------8-----|
A|6----4-(6)/8----8---|6----6-(8)/10----10-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------------|
B|9p8-----------------|9-----------------------|
G|----10-8--10v-------|8h10-8-------------8----|
D|--------------------|-------10\8-6-8/10---10-|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|
e|--------------------|--------11---------------------|
B|----------9-11--9---|(11)b13----(13)r11-9--11p9---9-|
G|8h10--8-10----------|---------------------------10--|
D|--------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------------|
B|(11)b13°-9----------|------------------------|
G|-----------10-10----|8h10-8------------------|
D|--------------------|------  10\8-6-8p6------|
A|--------------------|--------------------8\--|
E|--------------------|------------------------|
e|--------------------|-----------------------|
B|7p6-----------------|------------9----------|
G|-----8p6-------6-6--|6-8p6--8/10------------|
D|----------6h8-------|-----------------------|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------------|
e|--------------------|------------------------|
B|9p8-----------------|------------------------|
G|-----10p8-------8-8-|8-10p8-(10)b11\---------|
D|----------8h10------|------------------------|
A|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------------|

Verse 3

G Am

Like the soldier long standing under fire

Bm Am G G

Any change comes as a relief

G Am

Let the givers name remain unspoken

Bm Am G G

She is just a generous thief

Chorus

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

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