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