Diamonds In The Rough Cifras

Diamonds In The Rough
Recorded by The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys
Written by A.P. Carter
 
C
While walking out one evening
    F                C
Not knowing where to go
 
Just to pass the time away
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Before we held our show
 
  C
I hear the Backwood Mission Band
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Singing with all their might
 
I gave my heart to Jesus
             G7        C
And left the show that night
 
 
The day will soon be over
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And diggings will be done
 
And no more gems be gathered
   D7               G7
So let us all press on
 
     C
When Jesus comes to claim us
    F          C
And says it is enough
 
The diamonds will be shining
          G7     C
No longer in the rough
 
 
While reading in the Bible
     F                 C
Some wondrous sights I see
 
I read of Peter James and John
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By the Sea of Galilee
 
    C
And Jesus when He found them
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He found them very kind
 
And they were precious diamonds
              G7     C
That gathered in the rough
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