Old Chunk Of Coal Chords
by Johnny Cash
Old Chunk Of Coal by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, B7, G7, C, A, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro) G
G
I'm just an old chunk of coal,
B7 G7
but I'm gonna be a diamond some day,
C G
I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect,
A D
I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face.
G
But I'm gonna kneel and pray every day,
B7 G7
lest I should become vain along the way,
C G Em
I'm just an old chunk of coal, now, Lord,
G D G
but I'm gonna be a diamond some day.
G
I'm gonna learn the right way to talk,
B7 G7
I'm gonna search and find a better way to walk,
C G
I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self,
A D
until I get rid of every single flaw.
G
I'm gonna be the world's best friend,
B7 G7
I'm gonna go round shaking everybody's hand,
C G Em
I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' Rage of the Age,
G D G
yes, I'm gonna be a diamond some day.
C G Em
I said, I'm just an old chunk of coal, now, Lord,
G D G
but I'm gonna be a diamond some day.