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You're The Diamond Of My Heart

[Creator: Jim Windwalker] [Style: Classical guitar instrumental-ballad hybrid] [Time:12/8] [Tempo:Adagio 60 BPM] [Key:Bb minor] [Intro — 8 bars, solo fingerpicked classical guitar, orchestral strings swell in at bar 5, brass punctuation bar 7] [Bbm add9 — Ebm7 — Gbmaj9 — F9 — Bbm add9 — Adim7 — Gm7b5 — F7] [Verse 1 — solo fingerpicked classical guitar, sparse] [Bbm add9] You're the diamond of my heart. [Adim7 Abm7 Gm7b5 F#7#9 Fm7] You make it so unbreakable. [Emaj7 Ebm7 D7 Dbm7 Gbmaj9] You give me strength with your light. [Gm7 F#m7b5 F7] You make what's wrong become right. [Em7 Fm7 Ebm7] You fill me with such hope. [D7 Dbmaj7 Cm7 B7 Bbm7] You'll never let me down. [A7 Abmaj7 Gm7b5 Gb7 Bbm add9] When I need you the most, you are always on solid ground. [Verse 2 — solo fingerpicked classical guitar, sparse] [Bbm add9 Adim7 Abm7 Gm7 F#m7b5 F7 Dbmaj7] If I ever feel alone, if I feel like my heart may turn to stone, [C7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 A7] You always find a way to break through. [Abm7 G7 F#m7 F7 Em7 Gbmaj9] Like a diamond in the rough you always make good things from the tough. [Fm7 Em7b5 Eb7] You're the diamond of my heart. [Dm7 Dbmaj7 Ebm7] The most precious gem in the world. [Refrain — 4 bars, instrumental, orchestral strings and brass swell to full peak, guitar arpeggios driving underneath] [Ebm7 D7 Dbm7 C7 Bmaj7 Bb7 Am7 Abmaj7 Gm7b5] [F#m7 F7 Em7 Ebm7 D7 Bbm add9] [Verse 3 — orchestra recedes, back to solo fingerpicked guitar] [Bbm add9 Adim7 Abm9 Gm7] I know without your love, my heart would turn to dust. [Gbmaj7 F7 Fm7 Emaj7 Ebmaj7 D7 Ebm9] It would split in two just as easy as the point cut. [D7 C#m7 C7 Bm7] But your love is what shapes me. [Bbmaj7 A7 Abm7 G7 Gbmaj7 Dbmaj9] It's what always lights my way. [C7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 A7 Abm7] You never leave me here alone, with you I'm right where I belong. [F9] You're the diamond of my heart. [Verse 4 — solo fingerpicked classical guitar, sparse] [Bbm add9] Yes, you're the diamond of my heart. [Adim7 Abm7 Gm7 F#7 Fm7] When I feel weak you make me strong. [F9] You're always right here beside me. [Em7 Ebm7 D7 Dbmaj7 C7] Your light always helps me to see. [Gbmaj7] I know you'll never go and leave me. [F7 Em7 Ebmaj7 D7 Dbm7] You wouldn't ever try to deceive me. [C7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 A7 Bbm add9] You're the diamond of my heart. [Bridge — orchestral strings/brass surge back in on the anxious run, guitar cuts through with rapid arpeggios] [Bbm add9 Bdim7 Bbm7b5 A7#9 Abdim7] You're the diamond of my heart. [G7alt Gbm7b5 Fdim7 E7 Ebm7 D7 Dbmaj7 C7 Bm7 Bbmaj7 A7 Abmaj7 Bbm add9] You never will deceive me. [Ending — 8 bars, ritard, orchestra and guitar together, fading to solo guitar on the final sustained tonic] [Bbm add9 Cm7b5 Bm7 Bb7 A7 Abmaj7 Bbm add9 . . . fade]