Daniel and the Sacred Harp chords by The Band
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Daniel,
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Daniel and the sacred harp
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Em
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Dancing through the clover
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Daniel, Daniel would you mind
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If I look it over
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Verse 2
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I heard of this famous harp years ago
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Back in my home town
But I sure never thought old
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Daniel'd be the one
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To come and bring it around
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Verse 3
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Tell me Daniel how the harp
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came into your possession
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Are you one of the chosen few
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Who will march in the the procession
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Verse 4
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And Daniel said
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The sacred harp was handed down,
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from father unto son
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And me not being related,
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I could never be the one
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So I saved up all my silver
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and took it to a man
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Who said he could deliver the
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harp straight into my hand
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Verse 5
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Three years I waited patiently
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'Til he returned with the harp
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from the sea of Galilee
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He said there is one more
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thing I must ask
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But not of personal greed
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But I wouldn't listen,
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I just grabbed the harp
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And said, "take what you may
Interlude 1
need"
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Verse 6
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Now Daniel looked quite satisfied
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And the harp it seemed to glow
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But the price that Daniel had really paid
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He did not even know
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Back to his brother,
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he took his troubled mind
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And he said, "dear brother,
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I'm in a bind"
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But the brother would not hear his tale
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He said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail
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So to his father, Daniel did run
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And he said, "oh father,
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what have I done?"
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His father said, "son, you've given in
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You know you won your harp
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But you lost in sin"
Verse 7
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Then Daniel took the harp and
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went high on the hill
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And he blew across the meadow
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like a whippoorwill
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He played out his heart
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just for time to pass
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But as he looked to the ground
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He no ticed, no shadow did
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he cast
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Verse 8
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Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp
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Dancing through the clover
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Daniel, Daniel would you mind
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If I look it over
Outro 1
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Daniel and the Sacred Harp
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