Precious Jewel

Written by Roy Acuff

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

    G                      C       G
Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered
                               A        D
Way deep in the grave lies the gal that I love
    G                          C       G
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
                            D             G
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold

Chorus

  G                   C       G
A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven
                            A            D
She’ll brighten the kingdom around God’s great throne
               G          C             G
May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven
                            D               G
They’ve broken my heart and they’ve left me to roam

Verse 2

     G                 C          G
When a girl of sixteen we courted each other
                        A         D
She promised someday to become my sweet wife
  G                   C              G
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
                               D         G
But the angels they called her in heaven one night

Chorus

     G                         C          G
This world has left its wealth its trials and troubles
                                 A        D
The earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
                    G        C      G
But they can’t hold the soul of one precious jewel
                          D   G
She’s resting in peace in the heavenly fold