Cracker-Jack Diamond
Artist: Don Williams
Album: I turn the page
Tab transcribed by Charles Taylor
D
Well he spent that summer walkin' door to door
With a can of gas and an old lawn mower
G D
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
G D
With a young girl sittin' on the front porch eatin' ice cream.
Bm
Deep in the pocket of his grass stained jeans,
D
Were some caremel corn and a plastic ring
G A G
Left over from the week before, mama didn't wash 'em, thank the Lord.
(Chorus)
D A D D Bm A
Just like a cracker-jack diamond, you never know when you're gonna find one
D G A G
They found love from that day on.
D A D Bm A G
The hand of fate put them together, their hearts will stay forever young
A D
Like a cracker-jack diamond.
Verse II
D
Well it's been five years since he gave her his prize
Now the sparkles gone but not in her eyes
G D
And he's wantin' to tell her what's been on his mind lately.
D
He said "Girl I ain't rich but I've been savin' up
A little every day till I had enough"
G D
Before he could finish she said "You know I will baby"
Bm D
Deep in the pocket of his wholy jeans, was money for the preacher and a
diamond ring
G A G
He took her back to that old front porch, slipped it on her finger and he
thanked the Lord.
repeat chorus
G D
Now once a year she takes it out but it won't fit her hand
G D/F# A
But she wears it in her heart because that's where it all began.
repeat chorus
