How to Play Diamonds by Rihanna on Acoustic Guitar

Learn how to play diamonds by rihanna on guitar with this free lesson taught by Marty Schwartz.

“Diamonds” is from Rihanna’s seventh studio album entitled “Unapologetic”.  Several writers collaborated on this song and those writers are Sia Furler Benjamin “Benny Blanco” Levin, Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen.  You can learn more about this song over at Wikipedia.

This is a fairly easy song for all you beginners out there.  There are only 3 chords in this song and they are G Major, B Minor and A Major .   There is one barre chord, the dreaded B Minor.  If you haven’t developed the strength to play barre chords yet, follow this link for a beginner version of the B Minor Guitar Chord.

Strumming Pattern: D D U U D D U D U

Video Lesson

As Performed by Rihanna