SIMON PAUL - "diamonds on the soles of her shoes" Tablature

Transcribed by Brian Schretzmann <schretz@nwu.edu>


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---------------||