Tom: Am
F G Am
[Verse 1]
F G
You've heard the way people talk about me,
C G/B Am
Do you like the things they say,
F G Am
Or do you find it disconcerting and unkind,
F G
It's a joke I've learned to live with,
Em A
Being different from the crowd,
F
They'd like to polish me up,
G F G
Give me a trim, water me down and make me be like them.
[Chorus]
A* Am A* Am
But I'm a diamond in the rough,
A* Am A* Am
A diamond in the rough,
Em
Taking my time,
A
Deciding when to shine,
Em
Diamond in the rough,
Em
Diamond in the rough.
A
Ooh, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
G
Ie, ie, ie, yeah, ie, ie, ie.
A* Am A* Am
But I'm a diamond in the rough,
A* Am A* Am
A diamond in the rough.
[Verse 2]
F G
I had hoped that you would love me,
C G/B Am
Since I could fall in love with you,
F G Am
Could we find our place in each other somewhere tonight,
Am
Oh, I hope so,
F G
Or has the talk decayed the beauty,
Em A
That we once began to find,
F G
Would you like to polish me up,
G F G
Give me a trim, water me down, make me be like them.
[Chorus]
A* Am A* Am
But I'm a diamond in the rough,
A* Am A* Am
A diamond in the rough,
Em
Taking my time,
A
Deciding when to shine,
Em
Diamond in the rough,
Em
Diamond in the rough.
A
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah,
F
Oooh, ooh, oooh,
G
Ie, ah, aah, ie, ah, aah,
A* Am A* Am
But I'm a diamond in the rough,
A* Am A* Am
A diamond in the rough.
[Outro]
A* Am A* Am
Diamond in the rough,
A* Am A* Am
Diamond in the rough.
F G
A* Am A* Am
Diamond in the rough.
