Deer Tick – Diamond Rings 2007 (Guitar)

Capo 4

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Chords

For the strumming use a simple base-strum down-up style. Listen to the song for what sounds best. To get it to sound more like the song, I do a hammer-on for the next note after the base note. So for G chord I hammer on 2nd fret on A string with 1st finger. For Dsus4/F# hammer on 2nd fret on G string with 2nd finger, etc. So you hammer on right after plucking the base and before the strum. Don't do this for D and B7, just strum normally. Chords used:

Em7             Dsus4/F#
022033          200233

Intro: G Dsus4/F# Em7 D B7 G Dsus4/F# Em7 D D Verse:

      G       Dsus4/F#     Em7     D       B7
Oh it takes   my           life    away

   G         Dsus4/F#      Em7       D     B7
To think     of            her    as gone

       G  Dsus4/F#       Em7      D        B7
Now Im running           down the maze

        G  Dsus4/F#      Em7    D          D
And Im  finding          only   war

G  Dsus4/F#         Em7      D             B7
Blowing             down the flame

   G         Dsus4/F#        Em7     D     B7
To catch     the             burning wind

        G  Dsus4/F#    Em7    D            B7
Now Im  running        out of steam

    G     Dsus4/F#   Em7        D          D
Now watch this       man        collapse

Chorus:

D            Bm             D
You said you wanted a better life

             Bm           D
And you will tell me what you find

              G     Dsus4/F#     Em7          D        B7
And then Ill  stay   the         whole night through

         G      Dsus4/F#       Em7       D             B7
And Ill  turn   from           sad to    blue

          G  Dsus4/F#    Em7     D               B7
Yes Im    choking        after   you

         G  Dsus4/F#     Em7       D
Yeah Im  choking         after     you

Verse: (same as verse 1) Wish you?d think of me The way I think of you Well I find it hard to breathe Cause now I know the truth So what good would fingers be If it weren?t for diamond rings? Now I know you?re leaving me And I know that I?m no king Chorus: (same) And you said you wanted a better life And you will tell me oh what you find And then I stay the whole night through And I turn from sad to blue Yeah I?m choking after you Miss, I?m choking now, do you? Go ahead now, tell them all about it (Solo plays here, strum chorus in the background) Verse: So what good would fingers be If it weren?t for diamond rings? Now I know you?re leaving me And I know that I?m no king

Outro riff:
e-----3---2---0---------0h2------|
B-------------------3------------|

Its fun and pretty easy once you get the rhythm.