DADDY SANG BASS - Johnny Cash Intro: E - B7/F# - E E E7 I re - member when I was a lad A/E E Times were hard and things were bad E B7/F# But there's a silver linin' behind every cloud E E7 Just poor people that's all we were A/E E Tryin' to make a livin' out of blackland dirt B7/F# E But we'd get together in a family circle singing loud / Chorus: E7 Daddy sang bass Mama sang tenor A/E E Me and little brother would join right in there E B7/F# Singin' seems to help a troubled soul E E7 One of these days and it won't be long A E I'll re - join them in a song E B7/F# E I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne E E No the circle E7 E7 won't be broken A/E E Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye/ E7 Daddy'll sing bass Mama'll sing tenor A/E E Me and little brother will join right in there E B7 E In the sky Lord in the sky E - B7/F# - E E E7 Now I re - member after work A/E E Mama would call in all of us E B7 You could hear us singin' for a country mile E E7 Now little brother has done gone on A E But I'll re - join him in a song E B7 E We'll be to - gether again up yonder in a little while / Chorus: E7 Daddy sang bass Mama sang tenor A/E E Me and little brother would join right in there E B7/F# Singin' seems to help a troubled soul E E7 One of these days and it won't be long A E I'll re - join them in a song E B7/F# E I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne E E No the circle E7 E7 won't be broken A/E E Bye and bye Lord, bye and bye/ E7 Daddy'll sing bass Mama'll sing tenor A/E E Me and little brother will join right in there E B7 E In the sky Lord in the sky Outro: E B7 E In the sky Lord in the sky// E 022100 B7/F# x24242 E7 020130 A/E x02220 A x02220 The bassline is incorporated into the chord.
