F5               Bb5       F5
I'm just an old chunk of coal,  
    A5                           D5   F5
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,   
Bb5                                  F5
I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so plu pure perfect, 
          G5                         C5     G5 C5
I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face.  
F5                        Bb5         F5
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day,  
     A5                              D5   F5
Lest I should become vain along the way.  
Bb5                       F5
I'm just and old chunk of coal now Lord, 
                   C5           F5     G5 C5
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day.   
F5                        Bb5       F5
I'm gonna learn the best words to talk, 
      A5                               D5    F5
Gonna search and find a better way to walk, yeah! 
Bb5                                      F5
I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough- edged self, 
     G5                        C5     G5 C5
'Til I get rid of ev'ry single flaw.   
     F5
Well I'm gonna be the world's best friend, 
      A5                             D5    F5
Gonna go 'round shakin' ev'rybody's hand, yeah! 
F5               Bb5       F5
I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord,  
    A5                           D5   F5
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,   
G5      Bb5                          F5           G5
Oh, I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' rage of the age, 
F5              C5           F5     G5 F5
I'm gonna be a diamond some day.