Diamond In The Rough

F G Am 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.