diamond dust

Jeff Beck recorded Diamond Dust on the Blow by Blow album. The song was written by Bernie Holland, who explains the chords for guitar on his youtube video, The Real Chords for “Diamond Dust”.

Using the free Power Tab Editor v1.7, I entered the tab for guitar and created box chords, and here is the result (you may need to right-click this link and choose Save Link As …).

Here are my notes from youtube:

• tune the low E string down to D
• the tune is in 5/4 time, pick strings: 6 4 2 3 1
• for each chord below:
  • times in parens are when the description starts in the video
  • first entry is tab
  • second entry is notes

1. Dm11 (2:00)
- 0 0 3 0 1 0
- D A F G C E

2. Dm6/9 nat 7 (3:00)
- 0 2 3 2 2  0
- D B F A C# E

3. Dm11 - 3rd position = Fm11, moves to chromatic natural 7, Fm9 nat 7 (3:38)
- 3 3 6  3  4  3
- F C Ab Bb Eb G

4. Bbm11 - 8th position (4:20)
- 8  8 11 8  9  8
- Bb F Db Eb Ab C

5. Absus4/Gb - 4th position, major bar chord with dropped 6th (4:34)
- 4  6  6  5 4  4
- Gb Eb Ab C Eb Ab

6. Ebm11 - 1st position (4:57)
- 1  1  4  1  2  1
- Eb Bb Gb Ab Db F

7. Abm11 - 6th position (5:22)
- 6  6  9  6  7  6
- Ab Eb Cb Db Gb Bb

8. Gb/E - 2nd position (5:35)
- 2 4  4  4  2  2
- E Db Gb Bb Db Gb

9. Bmaj7b5 - only 5 strings (5:55)
- 9 x 8  8  6 6
- B x A# D# F A#

10. Gbmaj9/Bb - 6th position (6:12)
- 8  9  6  6  6 6
- Bb Gb Ab Db F Bb

11. Gbmaj9add6 (6:33)
- 4  4  6  8  6 4
- Gb Db Ab Eb F Ab

12. Fm11 (6:45)
- 3 3 6  3  4  3
- F C Ab Bb Eb G

13. Cm11 - 10th position (6:58)
- 10 10 13 10 11 10
- C  G  Eb F  Bb D

14. Bbmaj9add6 (7:25)
- 8  8 10 12 10 8
- Bb F C  G  A  C

15. G/A (7:45)
- 7 10 9 9 8 7
- A G  B D G B

bass

D  / / / / | D  / / / / | D  / / / / | D  / / / / |
F  / / / / | F  / / / / | F  / / / / | F  / / / / |
Bb / / / / | Gb / / / / | Eb / / / / | Eb / / / / |
Ab / / / / | E  / / / / | B  / / / / | B  / / / / |
Bb / / / / | Gb / / / / | F  / / / / | F  / / / / |
C  / / / / | Bb / / / / | A  / / / / | A  / / / / |