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Diamonds - One Way

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Diamonds
[Verse]
AmYou can take your Gdiamonds and Emlock them in your Froom
And Cyou will lose Feverything you Gsave
AmYou can take your Gflowers and Emlay them on his Ftomb
But I Cknow he Frose up from the Cgrave
[Segue]
C Dm Em F G
Em Am
Am Bm C Dm C
One Way
[Verse]
COne way,      G/C  Gm/Cone way to HeFaven, hoCld up hiD7gh your haDm7ndGsus4  G  
CFollow,       G/C  Gm/Cfree and foFrgiveCn, chDm7ildren of Gsus4the LaCmbC/E  D/F#  
GTwo roads diC/Gverged in the G7middle of my C/Glife
I Gheard a C/Gwise man G7sayC  
And GI took the C/Gone less G7traveled by
And tChat's made Gthe FdifferenCce every Dm7night and every dG7ay
[Chorus]
So G7I say, Cone way,       G/C  Gm/Cone way to FHeaven, Chold your D7head up Dm7highGsus4  G  
COne way,       G/C  Gm/Cfree and FforgiCven, Dm7children Gsus4of the    G  AmskyAm7  
FChildren Gof the AmskyAm/G  F  
               GN.C.   C   F   G  C  
Children of the sky

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Diamonds - One Way

by Larry Norman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/C

Gm/C

Dm7

Gsus4

C/E

D/F#

C/G

Am7

Am/G

Diamonds

[Verse]

Am G Em F

You can take your diamonds and lock them in your room

C F G

And you will lose everything you save

Am G Em F

You can take your flowers and lay them on his tomb

C F C

But I know he rose up from the grave

[Segue]

C Dm Em F G

Em Am

Am Bm C Dm C

One Way

[Verse]

C G/C Gm/C F C D7 Dm7 Gsus4 G

One way, one way to Heaven, hold up high your hand

C G/C Gm/C F C Dm7 Gsus4 C C/E D/F#

Follow, free and forgiven, children of the Lamb

G C/G G7 C/G

Two roads diverged in the middle of my life

G C/G G7 C

I heard a wise man say

G C/G G7

And I took the one less traveled by

C G F C Dm7 G7

And that's made the difference every night and every day

[Chorus]

G7 C G/C Gm/C F C D7 Dm7 Gsus4 G

So I say, one way, one way to Heaven, hold your head up high

C G/C Gm/C F C Dm7 Gsus4 G Am Am7

One way, free and forgiven, children of the sky

F G Am Am/G F

Children of the sky

G C F G C

N.C.

Children of the sky

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