Diamond Eyes Boom Lay Boom Lay Boom chords by Shinedown

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Key: Dm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Dm Bb Am C
Dm Bb F C

Dm             Bb
I am the shadow, and the smoke in your eyes
Am             Dm
I am the ghost, that hides in the night

Riff:
Dm

Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay,
Dm   F Dm F
boom

Dm F Dm F
Dm F Dm F
F Ab G F G

Verse 1:
Dm        F      Dm     F           Dm
    Wait, wait a minute take a step back
    F                 Dm         F    Dm
You gotta think twice before you react
   F            Dm     F
So stay, stay a little while
         F                       Ab      G F  G
'Cause a promise not kept is the road to exile
Dm   F             Dm F
Hey! What's the circumstance
       Dm       F                    Dm F
You'll never be great without taking a  chance so
Dm       F           Dm  F
    Wait, you waited too long
         F
Had your hands in your pocket
         Ab          G    F   G
When you should have been gone


Pre-Chorus:
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Bb
One push is all you'll need
F
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
C
A fist first philosophy
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Bb
We watch with wounded eyes
F
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
So I hope you recognize


Chorus:
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C                Am                   Dm
And now I see the world through diamond eyes


Verse 2:
Dm   F        Dm  F
Damn! Damn it all down
     Dm         F                  Dm     F
Took one to the chest without even a sound
   Dm      F         Dm  F
So... What! What are you worth?
    F                      Ab     G   F   G
The things you love or the people you hurt
Dm  F            Dm F
Hey! It's like deja vu
  Dm       F                   Dm   F
A suicidal maniac with nothing to lose
   Dm      F                   Dm     F
So... wait, it's the exception to the rule
F                   Ab G F  G
Everyone of us is expendable


Pre-Chorus:
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Bb
One push is all you'll need
F
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Bb
A fist first philosophy
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Bb
We watch with wounded eyes
F
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
So I hope you recognize


Chorus:
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C
And now I know that I'm alive
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C                Am                   Dm
And now I see the world through diamond eyes


Bridge:
Dm Bb Am  C
Ooh   Ooh Ooh
Dm   Bb    F     C
Ooh  Oh Oh Oh Oh Ooh

Dm                    Bb
Every night of my life
         Am                    C
I watch angels fall from the sky
Dm                    Bb
Every time that the sun still sets
  F                     Dm
I pray they don't take mine

Solo:
Dm F Dm F (x3)
F Ab G F G

Dm F Dm F (x3)
Dm

Post-Solo:
Bb            F
I'm on the front line
                  C
Don't worry I'll be fine
             Dm
The story is just beginning
Bb                      F
I say goodbye to my weakness
         C
So long to regret


Chorus:
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C
And now I know that I'm alive
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C                Am                   Bb
And now I see the world through diamond eyes


Chorus:
Bb
I'm on the front line
      F
Don't worry I'll be fine
    C                 Dm
The story is just beginning
C         Bb
I say goodbye to my weakness
   F
So long to the regret
    C                Am                   Dm
And now I see the world through diamond eyes


Outro:
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom
Dm
Boom-lay, boom-lay, boom