NEIL DIAMOND - "shilo" Tablature
Official NEIL DIAMOND Tablature & Sheet Music »
Here's Shilo from Neil Diamond.
It's from my big sister's original Bang Records
single.
When I was a little kid, I worshipped Neil Diamond.
My sister bought a ton of albums and singles in the
late late sixties and early seventies,
so this stuff is in my blood.
I also want to mention that I think the totally
undefinable Neil Diamond is still great. Granted,
orchestrated slow ballads make my skin crawl, but he
could/can kick and rock.
************************************************
So, here's my formal invitation to Neil Diamond
to come up here to Minneapolis and do
an unplugged or semi-plugged thing at 1st Ave.
(If you need a second guitarist, send me mail).
************************************************
SHILO
Neil Diamond
Intro:
-------------------------------------------------
-1------------------------------------------------
-0------------------------------------------------
-2--------------3---2---0--------3---2-----2------
-3-------------3---3---3--3-3---3---3--3-3--3------
-------------------------------------------------
C ///
C
Young child with dreams
F C
Dream every dream on your own
C F
When children play
F C
Seems like you end up alone
C F
Papa said he longed to be with you
C
If he had the time
C F G
So you turn to the only friend you can find
F G F
There in your mind
CHORUS
/* Finger pick the intro riff as you sing - if you can't, the
C chords holds up the vocal line */
C
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call your name
When no one else would come
Shilo you always came
And we'd play
Verse
C
Doubting the years
F C
Keeping my dreams to myself
C F
`til a young girl with fire
C
Made me trust somebody else
C
Held my hand out
F
I let her take me
C
Blind as a child
F G
All I know is the way that she made me smile
F G F
She made smile
CHORUS
C
Shilo when I was young ..
Solo riff under the orchestra
----12-10------10-----10(?)-----------------------
-----------------12-------------------------------
10---------9--------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
C F
Had a dream and it filled me with wonder
C F C G6 (?) C
She had other plans
F G F
Got to go, she said I'd know that you'd understand
G F
I understand
The G6 is trying to mimick the orchestration - give it a try.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official NEIL DIAMOND tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
Return to NEIL DIAMOND Tablature »
Official NEIL DIAMOND Tablature & Sheet Music »