Black Diamond Strings

 D
Black Diamond Strings
 A
Black Diamond Strings
      E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
        A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
         A
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings
            E           A
‘Cause it’s all you can get


Verse 1

 A                          D     
Black Diamond Strings on a Catalog
  A
 Guitar
                           E     
That’s pretty high cotton whoever 
     A
you are
You break one you change one, that’s
    D          A
 as good as it gets
                               E   
You can play all year long on two 
         A
or three sets


Verse 2


A                  D         A
J.W. Crowell was a hell of a man
He played two nights a week in a 
E         A
hillbilly band
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He played at the Ice House on 
D         A
Telephone Road
He played in the yard just to 
E           A
lighten his load


Chorus

 D
Black Diamond Strings
 A
Black Diamond Strings
      E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
        A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
         A
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings
            E           A
‘Cause it’s all you can get


Verse 3


A       D         A
Hey J.W play that Frauline
                         E         
Let Rodney sit in, hell, he’s goin’
    A
 on nine
His fingers are bleedin’, but he’s 
D            A
keepin’ good time
                               E   
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings, 
             A
he’ll never quit tryin’


N/C
   (spoken) Causette told ‘em both

Verse 4


A                    D           
You boys pack it up, it’s time to
    A
 go home
We got church in the mornin’, it’s 
E         A
comin’ up dawn
                     D            
Don’t make me say it again or I’m 
A
gone
You can stay here forever, but 
E                 A
you’re gonna walk home


Chorus

 D
Black Diamond Strings
 A
Black Diamond Strings
      E
Drinkin’ 1 W. Harper
        A
Playin’ Black Diamond Strings
D
Black Diamond Strings
         A
Are like white flour and grits

You play Black Diamond Strings
            E           A
‘Cause it’s all you can get