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Daddy Sang Bass

For Heaven's Sake

written by Carl Perkins
recorded by Johnny Cash and June Carter

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I rem	ember when I was a lad

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Times were h	ard and things were b	ad

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But there's a silver linin' be	hind every cl	oud

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Just poor p	eople that all we	were

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Tryin' to make a l	ivin' out of blackland e	arth

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But we'd get to	gether in a family c	ircle singin' l	oud. ...

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Daddy sang bass, mama sang t	enor

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Me and little br	other would join right i	n there

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Singin' seems to h	elp a troubled s	oul

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One of these d	ays and it won't be l	ong

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I'll rej	oin them in a	song

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I'm gonna join the family c	ircle at the th	rone. ...

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No, the	circle won't be broken

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Bye and b	ye, Lord, bye and	bye ...

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Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing t	enor

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Me and little br	other will join right	in there

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In the sky, Lord,	in the sk	y.

Interlude

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Now I rem	ember after work mama would c	all in all of u	s

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You could hear us singin' f	or a country m	ile

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Now little br	other has done g	one on but I'll rej	oin him in a s	ong

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We'll be to	gether again up y	onder in a little wh	ile.

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Daddy sang bass, mama sang t	enor

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Me and little br	other would join right i	n there

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Singin' seems to h	elp a troubled s	oul

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One of these d	ays and it won't be l	ong

	A	E
I'll rej	oin them in a	song

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I'm gonna join the family c	ircle at the th	rone. ...

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No, the circle won't be broken

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Bye and b	ye, Lord, bye and	bye ...

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Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing t	enor

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Me and little br	other will join right	in there

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In the sky, Lord,	in the sk	y.

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In the sky, Lord,	in the sk	y.