"Diana"
by COMUS
from "First Utterance" (1971)
A good place to start is with the bass/cello line, which looks like this:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------------3-2--------| (repeat)
D|--------5---------4-5---|
A|--3---------------------|
E|------------------------|
Cm
Lust he follows virtue close
Ab Cm
Through the steaming woodlands
Cm
His darkened blood through bulging veins
Ab Cm
Through the steaming woodlands
Cm .......
Aah, aah
Cm
Virtue knows he follows softly
Ab Cm
Through the steaming woodlands
Cm
Travel light the deathly shudder
Ab Cm
Down the leafy pathway
Cm ................
Aah, ah, aah, ah
A# Cm
La-la-la-la-la-la
A# Cm A# Cm
The dim light she comes peering through the forest pines
A# Cm A# Cm
And she knows by the sound of the baying, by the baying of the hounds
A# Cm
Diana Diana kick your feet up
A# Cm
Lust bears his teeth and whines
A# Cm
For he's picked up the scent of virtue
A# Cm/G A#/F Eb A#
And he knows the panic signs..............................
e|------------------------------------|
B|--4--------3------------------------|
G|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
D|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
A|--------------------6--------1------|
E|------------------------------------|
Cm A# Cm A# Cm A# Cm A#
e|----------------------------------|
B|--4---3---4---3---4---3---4---3---|
G|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
D|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
A|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|----------------------------------|
[Followed by violin break]
Cm A# Eb A# Cm A# Ab Cm
Lust cries running with his eyes the white-clad figure fleeting
Cm A# Eb A# Cm A# Ab Cm
Mud burrrrrns his eyes but desire burns his mind
Cm A# Cm A# Ab Cm
Fear in her eyes as the forest grins through the steaming woodlands
Cm A# Cm A# Ab Ab Cm
Lust now his destroy-ed with emnity disarm-ed
[Percussion break]
A# Cm
Diana, Diana, Diana, Diana
A# Cm
Diana, Diana, Diana, Diana
A# Cm
Diana, Diana, Diana, Diana
A# Cm
Diana, Diana, Diana, Diana
A# Cm A# Cm
The dim light she comes peering through the forest pines
A# Cm A# Cm
And she knows by the sound of the baying, by the baying of the hounds
A# Cm
Diana Diana kick your feet up
A# Cm
Lust bears his teeth and whines
A# Cm
For he's picked up the scent of virtue
A# Cm/G A#/F Eb A#
And he knows the panic signs................
e|------------------------------------|
B|--4--------3------------------------|
G|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
D|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
A|--------------------6--------1------|
E|------------------------------------|
Cm A# Cm A# Cm A# Cm A#
e|----------------------------------|
B|--4---3---4---3---4---3---4---3---|
G|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
D|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
A|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|----------------------------------|
A# Cm
Diana Diana kick your feet up
A# Cm
Lust bears his teeth and whines
A# Cm
For he's picked up the scent of virtue
A# Cm/G A#/F Eb A#
And he knows the panic signs.................
e|------------------------------------|
B|--4--------3------------------------|
G|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
D|--5--------3--------5--------3------|
A|--------------------6--------1------|
E|------------------------------------|
Cm A# Cm A# Cm A# Cm A#
e|----------------------------------|
B|--4---3---4---3---4---3---4---3---|
G|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
D|--5---3---5---3---5---3---5---3---|
A|--3-------3-------3-------3-------| till fade out
E|----------------------------------|
Diana.... Diana.... Diana.... Diana.....