Daddy Sang Bass
                  Johnny Cash
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I remember when I was a lad
           A                    E
Times were hard and things were bad
                                         B7
But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud
          E
Just poor people that all we were
                 A                       E
Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland earth
                                   B7            E
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud . . [P]

Chorus:
N.C.                       E7 
Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor
              A                        E
Me and little brother would join right in there
                                 B7
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
             E
One of these days and it won't be long
        A              E
I'll re-join them in a song
                          B7            E
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne.
                        E7
No, the circle won't be broken
        A                  E
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ... [P]
N.C.                             E7
Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor
              A                       E
Me and little brother will join right in there
                  B7     E
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.



E                                    A              E
Now I remember after work mama would call in all of us
                                        B7
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
           E                            A                    E
Now little brother has done gone on but I'll rejoin him in a song
                           B7                 E  
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while. . [P]

Chorus

TAG: 
E                  B7     E
In the sky, Lord,  in the sky.