Daddy Sang Bass Tab by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

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I remem

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

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Chorus 1
Daddy sang bass
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Mama sang tenor
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E 
Me and little brother would join right in there
B7 
Singing seems to 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
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I'm going to join the family circle at the throne
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No, the circle won't be broken
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E 
By and by, Lord, by and by
Daddy sang bass
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Mama sang tenor
A 
E 
Me and little brother would join right in there
B7 
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In the sky, Lord, in  the sky
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Interlude 1

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Now I remem

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Verse 2
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ber after work
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Mama would call in all of us
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You could hear us singing 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
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We'll be together again up yonder
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in a little while

Chorus 2
Daddy sang bass
E 
Mama sang tenor
A 
E 
Me and little brother would join right in there
B7 
'Cause singing seems to help a troubled soul
E 
One of these days and it won't be long
A 
E 
I'll rejoin them in a song
B7 
E 
I'm going to join the family circle at the throne
E 
Oh, no the circle won't be broken
A 
E 
By and by, Lord, by and by
Daddy sang bass
E 
Mama sang tenor
A 
E 
Me and little brother would join right in there
B7 
E 
In the sky, Lord, in  the sky
B7 
E 
In the sky, Lord, in  the sky