From: [email protected] (Anthony Burke u)
ALL THE DIAMONDS — BRUCE COCKBURN
Sorry, no tab. It is basically the chord shapes given with a fairly
Simple picking pattern that can be picked up by ear.
CAPO on 5th Fret.
Chords
C (low to high) X 3 2 0 1 0
Csus X 3 3 0 1 0
Am X 0 2 2 1 0
G6/B X 2 0 0 0 0
Fmaj7 1 (with thumb) X 3 2 1 0
FRsus2 1 (thumb) X 3 0 1 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
Fsus2 (2) X 0 3 0 1 1
D/F# 2 X 0 2 3 2
C/G 3 X 2 0 1 0
Dm X X 0 2 3 1
G9 3 (thumb) X 0 2 0 1
Am7 X 0 2 2 1 3
INTRO:
C |||| |||| Csus |||| ||||
C |||| |||| Csus |||| ||||
Verse
C |||| Csus2 || C || Am || G6/B || C ||||
All the diamonds IN this world That mean
Fmaj7 |||| |||| |||| Fsus2 ||||
Anything to me Are
Am |||| G |||| Fsus2 || G6/B || D/F# ||||
Conjured up by wind and sun-light
C/G |||| |||| G ||||
Sparkling on the sea
GUITAR BREAK
G |||| Am |||| G |||| Am |||| ||||
VERSE 2
I ran aground in a harbour town, lost the taste for being free
Thank God, He sent some gull-chased ship to carry me to sea
BRIDGE
Dm |||| |||| G9 |||| ||||
Two thousand years, and half a world away
Am |||| |||| Am7 |||| ||||
Dm |||| |||| G9 |||| ||||
Dying trees still will grow greener when you pray
Am |||| |||| |||| G ||||
C/G |||| |||| G |||| ||||
Ship comes shining Like a
Am |||| G |||| Fsus2 || G6/B || D/F# ||||
Crystal swam in a sky of suns His
C?G |||| |||| G ||||
Ship comes shining
GUITAR BREAK G |||| Am |||| G |||| Am |||| Am ||||
— at this point return to beginning of bridge and start again with…
Two thousand years and half a world away
Dying trees still will grow greener when you pray
Silver scales flash bright and fade in reeds along the shore
Like a pearl in a sea of liquid jade His ship comes shining
Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns, His ship comes shining
Addendum: the Fsus2 in the line «conjured up by wind and sunlight» should
Be Fsus2 (version 2)
Hope this is clear enough
Tony
