Chorus:
  F (133211@1)                   CDaniel, (x32010@1)Daniel and the sacred harp,
  Bb (x1333x@1)                 FDancing (133211@1)through the clover.
  Bb (x1333x@1)           AmDaniel, (x02210@1)Daniel would you mind,
C7 (x32310@1)          FIf (133211@1)I look it over.

Verse:
    F (133211@1)                       Bb (x1333x@1)             C7 (x32310@1)     FI (133211@1)heard of this famous harp years ago  back in my home town
                               Bb (x1333x@1)                        C (x32010@1)      DmBut (xx0231@1)I sure never thought old Daniel be the one to come and bring it around
 F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)              FTell (133211@1)me Daniel how the harp came into your posession.
                     C (x32010@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)              FAre (133211@1)you one of the chosen few who will march in the procession?
Bb (x1333x@1)  Amand (x02210@1)Daniel said:
 F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)        CThe (x32010@1)sacred harp was handed down, from father unto son,
     Bb (x1333x@1)         Am (x02210@1)            Gm (355333@1)         C7And (x32310@1)me not being related,  I could never be the one.
       F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)          CSo (x32010@1)I saved up all my silver, and took it to a man,
      Bb (x1333x@1)          Am (x02210@1)             Gm (355333@1)            FWho (133211@1)said he could deliver the harp, straight into my hand.

       Dm (xx0231@1)               GThree (320003@1)years I waited patiently, 
             C (x32010@1)                          Bb'Till (x1333x@1)he returned with the harp from the sea of Galilee.
       Dm (xx0231@1)                 G (320003@1)                 
He said there is one more thing I must ask, 
     C (x32010@1)             BbBut (x1333x@1)not of personal greed.
      Am (x02210@1)                     GmBut (355333@1)I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp,
          C7 (x32310@1)              FAnd (133211@1)said take what you may need.

      F (133211@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)                     C (x32010@1)      FNow (133211@1)Daniel looked quite satisfied, and the harp it seemed to glow.
                                 Bb (x1333x@1)                  C (x32010@1)  DmBut (xx0231@1)the price that Daniel had really paid, he did not even know.
 F (133211@1)                    C7 (x32310@1)  
Back to his brother he took his troubled mind.
       Bb (x1333x@1)                  FAnd (133211@1)he said dear brother I'm in a bind.
                           C7 (x32310@1)         
But the brother would not hear his tale, 
        Bb (x1333x@1)               Fhe (133211@1)said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail.
F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)             
So to his father Daniel did run,   
       F (133211@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)he said oh father what have I done.
       Bb (x1333x@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                  GmHis (355333@1)father said son you've given in, you know you won your harp,
         FBut (133211@1)you lost in sin.

       Dm (xx0231@1)                         GThen (320003@1)Daniel took the harp and went high on the hill,
        C (x32010@1)                             BbAnd (x1333x@1)he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill.
     Dm (xx0231@1)                         GHe (320003@1)played out his heart just the time to pass,
             C (x32010@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)                    FBut (133211@1)as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast.

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