Old Faded Diamond
By Jamey Johnson
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
4/3/2010


C  F  C  F

    C             C/B          Am      Am/G
The stone and the ring on your finger
      F               G            C
Don’t shine quite the way its once did
     C             C/B         Am           Am/G
That old sparkling cluster has lost all its luster
       D                           G
And it shows all the flaws it once hid
      F                           G
And I knew when I bought it, that it wasn’t perfect
         C            C/B       Am     Am/G
And that gave it some character then
      Dm                         F                    G
But I find myself wishin' it was shiney and new once again


chorus
F           G          C         Am 
What do you do with an old faded diamond
     F            G           C           Am 
That just doesn’t sparkle the way it once did
      F             G         C          Am       G
Is it worth all the hassle to polish the tarnish away
F           G          C         Am
What do you do with an old faded diamond
     F           G           Am
When time hasn’t been a good friend
      F                      G                      C  
Can a three quarter karat be something to stare at again


At one time our love flowed so easy
But these days it don’t show at all
When we get together, its just like we never
Cared for each other at all
When you took off your ring and said it don’t mean a thing
I know it’s the shape it was in
And I'd like to repair it but I just don’t know where to begin

Chorus