Diamonds In The Rough

The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

C
While walking out one evening
    F                C
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
  D7               G7
Before we held our show

Verse 2

  C
I hear the Backwood Mission Band
F                      C
Singing with all their might
I gave my heart to Jesus
             G7        C
And left the show that night

Verse 3

The day will soon be over
    F                C
And diggings will be done
And no more gems be gathered
   D7               G7
So let us all press on

Verse 4

     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

Verse 5

While reading in the Bible
     F                 C
Some wondrous sights I see
I read of Peter James and John
       D7         G7
By the Sea of Galilee

Verse 6

    C
And Jesus when He found them
   F               C
He found them very kind
And they were precious diamonds
              G7     C
That gathered in the rough