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