Daddy Sang Bass

	 
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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' behind
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 every cloud 
But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud 
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Just poor people that all we were 
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Tryin' to make a livin' out of
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 blackland earth 
Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland earth 
                                 
But we'd get together in a family
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 circle singin' loud. ...
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud. ...
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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor 
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Me and little brother would join
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 right in there 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
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Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
 
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul 
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One of these days and it won't be
 long 
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 gonna join the family circle at
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 the throne. ... 
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne. ... 
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No, the circle won't be broken 
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Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ... 
                                
Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing
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 tenor 
Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor 
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Me and little brother will join right
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 in there 
Me and little brother will join right in there 
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In the sky, Lord, in the
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 sky.
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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Now I remember after work mama would
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 call in all of us 
Now I remember after work mama would call in all of us 
                               
You could hear us singin' for a
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 country mile 
You could hear us singin' 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 
Now little brother has done gone on but I'll rejoin him in a song 
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We'll be together again up yonder in
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 a little while.
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while.
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Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor 
                A               
Me and little brother would join
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 right in there 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
                                  B7 
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
 
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul 
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One of these days and it won't be
 long 
One of these days and it won't be long 
        A             E 
I'll rejoin them in a song 
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I'm gonna join the family circle at
       E 
 the throne. ... 
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne. ... 
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No, the circle won't be broken 
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Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ... 
                                
Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing
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 tenor 
Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor 
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Me and little brother will join right
 E 
 in there 
Me and little brother will join right in there 
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In the sky, Lord, in the
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 sky.
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.