Daddy Sang Bass Chords

Chords for Daddy Sang Bass, in D
Johnny Cash
(Recorded version is F but it is a lot harder)
Words and Music by Carl Perkins
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
     D                  D7
I remember when I was a lad
           G                    D
Times were hard and things were bad
*             *                          A7 E7 A7
But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud
          D                      D7
Just poor people, that's all we were
                 G                      D
Try'n' to make a livin' outta blackland dirt
           D                  A7             D
We'd get together in a family circle singin' loud
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           D
Daddy sang bass
           D7
Momma sang tenor
              G                        D
Me and little brother would join right in there
D                                A7 E7 A7
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul....
             D                    D7
One of these days and it won't be long
       G              D
I'll rejoin them in a song
          D               A7            D G D
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne...
 
        D
No, the circle
         D7
Won't be broken
        G                  D A7 D
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
            D
Dad'll sing bass
            D7
Mom'll sing tenor
              G                       D
Me and little brother will join right in there
       D          G  A7  D
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        D            D7
Now I remember after work
            G              D
Momma would call in all of us
*             *                         A7 E7 A7
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
            D                     D7
Now, little brother has done gone on,
           G             D
but I'll rejoin him in a song
           D               A7                 D
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           D
Daddy sang bass
           D7
Momma sang tenor
              G                        D
Me and little brother would join right in there
D                                A7 E7 A7
Singin' seems to help a troubled soul....
             D                    D7
One of these days and it won't be long
       G              D
I'll rejoin them in a song
          D               A7            D G D
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne...
 
        D
No, the circle
         D7
Won't be broken
        G                  D A7 D
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
            D
Dad'll sing bass
            D7
Mom'll sing tenor
              G                       D
Me and little brother will join right in there
       D          G  A7  D
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
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