• Song:

    Dear Diary

  • Artist:

    Stephen Lynch

  • Album:

    3 Balloons

This is my first ever time writing a tab. Mainly because the other dear diary song is in chord
form when Stephen Lynch did his gig live, so I tried to tab this by ear. 
Took me a while... so go easy :D

As an example for lyrics I've written in the first time Stephen Lynch sings it on the album.
Enjoy. Feedback is welcome because I'm only a novice guitarist! :D
______________________________________________
|Key:                                         |
|(*~)= let ring  [.]                          |
|                [.]                          |
| h= hammer-on   [.]                          |
|                [.]=Pause in string pickings |
|                [.]                          |
|________________[.]__________________________|

*!STANDARD TUNING!*
Chords:
     Am   C  Cmaj9  Em   F    G
e]---0----0----0----0----1----3---|
B]---1----1----1----0----1----0---|
G]---2----0----0----0----2----0---|
D]---2----2----0----2----3----0---|
A]---0----3----2----2----3----2---|
E]------------------0----1----3---|



INTRO: 
  
    C              Em        C             Em
e]---------------------0------------------------0------------|
B]------------------0----0--------------------0---0----------|
G]----0----0----0-----0---0------0----0---0----0---0---------|
D]------0h2--0h2-------------------0h2-0h2-------------------|
A]--3--------------2--------0-3--------------2-------0-------|
E]-----------------------------------------------------------|

*intro into song does not have lyrics

CHORUS:
    C         Em          C          Em 
e]-------0----------0-----------0---------0------|\
B]---1----0-----0----0------1----0-----0---0-----| \
G]-----0---0------0---0-------0---0------0--0----|  |x2 
D]-----------------------------------------------|  |
A]--3--------0-2---------0-3--------0-2--------0-| /
E]-----------------------------------------------|/

C                Em
  Dear Diary, today was a good day
C             Em
  Papa and I picked wild flowers
C                     Em
  Mama joined and we lay in the sunshine
C                   Em
  Then we sang and danced for hours

VERSE:
   F         G           C     Cmaj9   Am         F        G
e]-------1----------3---.-----------------0---.-----1--------(3~)--|
B]---1----1-----3----3--.--1-1---1-1---1---1--.--1---1----3--------|
G]-----2---2------0---0-.---0-----0-----2---2-.----2--2-----0------|
D]----------------------.---------------------.--------------------|
A]--3-------------------.-3------2-----0------.-3------------------|
E]------------3---------.---------------------.----------3---------|

F                          G
  I know tomorrow will be even better
C        Cmaj9     Am
  So the good Lord I thank
         F                     G
  I'll write more later. Love,

(*mute strings abruptly*)
  ...Anne Frank


OUTRO:

    C              Em        C
e]---------------------0-----(0~)---:||
B]------------------0----0---(1~)---:||
G]----0----0----0-----0---0--(0~)---:||
D]------0h2--0h2-------------(2~)---:||
A]--3--------------2---------(3~)---:||
E]---------------------------(0~)---:||

*silence on the outro... let ring at the end for dramatic taste haha*


Hope you enjoyed my tab :D
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