Daddy Sang Bass chords by The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and The Statler Brothers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I remember when I was a lad
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Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver linin'
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behind every cloud
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Just poor people, that 's all we were
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Tryin' to make a living out of
black- land dirt
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But we'd get together in a
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family circle singing loud
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Daddy sang

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Verse 2

bass, mama sang tenor

Me and little brother would join

right in there

Singing seems to help a troubled soul

One of these days and it won't be long

I'll rejoin them in a song

I'm gonna join the family

circle at the throne

Verse 3
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No, the circle won't be broken
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By and by, Lord, by and by
Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor
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Me and little brother would join right in there
In the sky, Lord,
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in the sky

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Now I remember after work,
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mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singing
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for a country mile
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Now little brother has done gone on
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But I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yon
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der in a little while
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Verse 5
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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor
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Me and little brother would
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join right in there
'Cause singing seems to
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help a troubled soul
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One of these days and it won't be long
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I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family
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circle at the throne
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Verse 6
Oh no, the circle won't be broken
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By and by, Lord, by and by
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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor
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Me and little brother would join right in there
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In the sky, Lord, in the sky
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In the sky, Lord, in the sky
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