Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes bass tab by Paul Simon

Bass tabs

Transcribed by Brian Schretzmann


        Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
             by Paul Simon
            (off Graceland)

Bassist: Baghiti Khumalo

NOTE: I've only figured out the main groove, and two of those beautiful
   licks that Baghiti does. The chorus is based on F-Bb-C, but I
   can't pick out exactly what he's doing. "." indicate stoccato notes.

GROOVE
           . .          . .
    e+s s+e e+s s e e e  e+s s+e e+s s e e e
+---||-------------2-------|-------------2-------|
|4:-||-----3---------------|---------------------|
|4:-||---------------------|-1-------3-----3-3-3-|
+---||-1-------1-----1-1-1-|-----3---------------|

SHORT LICK

 e+s s e e q+E e+  s  e s e e s s e s s e
|---------8/10---10-|-(10)-7------------------------|
|-----3-R-8/10------|---------8----10-----10-----10-|
|-------------------|-----------10------------------|
|-1-----------------|-----------------8-8----8-8----|

LONG LICK
       . . .
 e+s s+e e+s s e e e   q+e q e+s s e   e+s s e q e+s s s s
|-------------2-----8/-||-/10----10-----10--|-7-----------10--12-14-10-|
|-------------------8/-||-/10-10-----10-----|-----8----10--------------|
|-1-------3-----3-3----||-------------------|-------10-----------------|
|-----3----------------||-------------------|--------------------------|

                         . .
  s s s s e e s s e s s e  e+s s+e e+s s e e e
|-12-10\9------------------------|-------------2-------||
|---------12\10---------10-10----|---------------------||
|---------------8-----8-------8\-|-1-------3-----3-3-3-||
|-----------------8-8------------|-----3---------------||