Black Diamond Strings

	  		
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My first guitar was a loaner, an old off brand my cousin let me keep 
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Back when I was learning how to play like the boys in Tennessee 
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I?d sit up every night and pick it until my fingers turned green 
        D                                                  G 
Hell I learned how to make her talk on these Black Diamond Strings 

  G                                                                 C 
Well Daddy showed me three chords but Jimmy Steele taught me how to play 
     D                                   G 
He showed me the G run I?m still using today 
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I thought it surely must be magic the way he made it ring 
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But he said it ain?t no secret son, It?s these Black Diamond Strings. 

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Well I don?t know if they still make ?em, back then they were the best. 
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A good time didn?t cost much, two ninety five a set 
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Back before I left Faye Ellen to chase my hillbilly dream. 
       D                                                         G 
All it took to make me happy was an old guitar and Black Diamond Strings. 


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Now I?ve been to the mountain top; had my share of troubles too. 
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But if I could do it all again, Lord I know just what I?d do 
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Because if I could have just one wish I?d take a trip back in a time machine 
       D                                                          G 
To the day I learned to play the Wildwood Flower on Black Diamond Strings 



G                                                   C 
Back before I left Faye Ellen to chase my hillbilly dream  
        D                                                       G 
All it took to make me happy was this old box and Black Diamond Strings