The 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
Buried deep in the grave lies the one that I love
    G                          C       G
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
                            D             G
More pricious than diamonds more precious than gold

Verse 2

  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 3

     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 to heraven one night

Verse 4

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