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