Cracker-jack Diamond by Don Williams
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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Well he spent that summer walkin' door to door
With a can of gas and an old lawn mower
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That's a sure fire way to make a buck when tou're fourteen.
    D
Well he made a block with no luck at all
Then he spotted a place where the weeds were tall
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With a young girl sittin' on the front porch eatin' ice cream.
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Deep in the pocket of his grass stained jeans,
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Were some caremel corn and a plastic ring
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Left over from the week before, mama didn't wash 'em, thank the Lord.
(Chorus)
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Just like a cracker-jack diamond, you never know when you're gonna find one
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They found love from that day on.
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The hand of fate put them together, their hearts will stay forever young
A           D
Like a cracker-jack diamond.
Verse II
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Well it's been five years since he gave her his prize
Now the sparkles gone but not in her eyes
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And he's wantin' to tell her what's been on his mind lately.
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He said "Girl I ain't rich but I've been savin' up
A little every day till I had enough" 
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Before he could finish she said "You know I will baby"
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Deep in the pocket of his wholy jeans, was money for the preacher and a 
diamond ring
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He took her back to that old front porch, slipped it on her finger and he 
thanked the Lord.
repeat Chorus
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Now once a year she takes it out but it won't fit her hand
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But she wears it in her heart because that's where it all began.