F               Bb       F
I'm just an old chunk of coal,  
    A                           Dm   F
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,   
Bb                                  F
I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so plu pure perfect, 
          G7                         C     Gm7 C7
I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face.  
F                        Bb         F
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day,  
     A                              Dm   F
Lest I should become vain along the way.  
Bb7                       F
I'm just and old chunk of coal now Lord, 
                   C7           F     G9 C7
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day.   
F                        Bb       F
I'm gonna learn the best words to talk, 
      A                               Dm    F
Gonna search and find a better way to walk, yeah! 
Bb                                      F
I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough- edged self, 
     G7                        C7     Gm7 C7
'Til I get rid of ev'ry single flaw.   
     F
Well I'm gonna be the world's best friend, 
      A                             Dm    F
Gonna go 'round shakin' ev'rybody's hand, yeah! 
F               Bb       F
I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord,  
    A                           Dm   F
But I'm gonna be a diamond some day,   
G7      Bb                          F           G7
Oh, I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' rage of the age, 
F              C7           F     Gm7 F
I'm gonna be a diamond some day.