Chords for Roy Acuff & Charlie Louvin - The Precious Jewel

_ Make him welcome Charlie Lubin and his group from Sand Mountain, Alabama.
Come in here Charlie
Thank you, Roy. _ _
_ _ I never was as good a writer as you and I are, but I wrote that thing. _
I want you to know that you're beyond the Country Music Hall of Fame and beyond
the Grand Ole Opry.
In fact, he is the Grand Ole Opry and we appreciate him letting us do this. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Way back in the heeeeen _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] As a boy I [G] once wondered _ _
_ _ _ [C] Buried deep in her [G] grave [A] was the girl [D] that I loved _ _
_ [A] _ [D] _ She was called [F#] from this [G] _ _
earth _ _ _ _
[C] A jewel for [G] heaven _
_ _ _ _ More precious than diamonds, more [D] precious [G] than pearls _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
I'd [Em] chewed her [G] on earth _
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A jewel in [G] heaven
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[C] She'll brighten the kingdom [A] around God's great [D] throne
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May the angels happy _
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[C] God bless her [G] in heaven
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[C] They've broken my [G] heart and [D] they've left me [G] to roam
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When she was [C] sixteen _
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We [F] _ courted [C] each other _ _ _ _
She [F] promised [C] someday to [D] become my [G] sweet bride
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I bought her [C] _ _
_ _ _ a ring [F] to wear on [C] her finger _ _ _ _ _
[F] But the angels [C] they called her [G] to heaven [C] one night _ _ _ _
A jewel here on _ earth _ _ _ _
[F] A jewel [C] in _ heaven _ _ _
She'll [F] _ brighten the [C]
kingdom [D] around God's great [G] _
[D] throne
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[G] May the angels [C] happy _
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God [F] bless her [C] in heaven _ _ _ _ _
[F] They've broken [C] my heart and [G] they've left me [C] to _ _ roam
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This [B] earth has [D] its wealth, _ _ _ _ _ [G] its trials [D] and troubles
_ _ _ Mother _ [G] earth holds [D] her treasures [E] of diamonds [A] and gold
[D] _ [A] _ _ _
Oh, but it can't [D] hold the _ soul _ _ _ [G] of one [D] precious jewel _ _ _ _ _
[G] She's resting [D] in peace with [A] the heavenly [D] _
ghost _ _ _ _ _
[E] A jewel here [G] on earth
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A [C] jewel [G] in heaven
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[C] She'll brighten [B] the kingdom [Bm] [A] around God's [D] great throne
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
May the angels [G] happy _
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[C] God bless her [G] in heaven
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[C] They've broken my [G] heart and [D] they've left me [Dm] to _ roam
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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