Daddy Sang Bass

artist:Johnny Cash and the Carter Family

, writer:Carl Perkins

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 {t: Daddy Sang Bass}  
{key: F}  
{artist:Johnny Cash and the Carter Family}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbibz_fEch0 
{c: Thanks to Graeme Lock Lee }
[F] [C7] [F]  .
I re-[F]member when I was a [F7] lad
Times were [Bb] hard and things were [F] bad
But there's a [F] silver linin' behind every [C7] cloud
Just poor [F] people that's all we [F7] were
Tryin' to make a [Bb] livin' out of blackland [F] dirt
We'd get [F] together in a family [C7] circle singin' [F] loud
{soc}
[NC] Daddy sang bass, Mama sang [F] tenor
Me and little [Bb] brother would join right in [F] there
'Cause singin' seems to help a troubled [C7] soul
One of these [F] days and it won't be [F7] long
I'll re-[Bb]join them in a [F] song
I'm gonna join the family [C7] circle at the [F] throne

Oh no the [F] circle won't be [F7] broken, by and [Bb] by Lord by and [F] by
[NC] Daddy'll sing bass, Mama'll sing tenor [F]
Me and little [Bb] brother would join right [F] in there
In the [F] sky Lord [C7] in the [F] sky	  
{eoc}
Now I re-[F]member after [F7] work
Mama would [Bb] call in all of [F] us
You could [F] hear us singin' for a country [C7] mile
Now little [F] brother has done gone [F7] on
But I'll re-[Bb]join him in a [F] song
We’ll be to-[F]gether again up [C7] yonder in a little [F] while
{soc}
[NC] Daddy sang bass, Mama sang [F] tenor
Me and little [Bb] brother would join right in [F] there
'Cause singin' seems to help a troubled [C7] soul
One of these [F] days and it won't be [F7] long
I'll re-[Bb]join them in a [F] song
I'm gonna join the family [C7] circle at the [F] throne

Oh no the [F] circle won't be [F7] broken, by and [Bb] by Lord by and [F] by
[NC] Daddy'll sing bass, Mama'll sing tenor [F]
Me and little [Bb] brother would join right [F] in there
In the [F] sky Lord [C7] in the [F] sky	  
{eoc}
In the [F] sky Lord [C7] in the [F] sky

Song Info

Title: Daddy Sang Bass

Artist: Johnny Cash and the Carter Family

Writer: Carl Perkins

Song Types: Country, Gospel/Spiritual

Key: F

Info: "Daddy Sang Bass" is a song written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?", and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released in November 1968 as the first single from the album The Holy Land. The song was Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart, going on to No. 1 on the Billboard country chart for 6 weeks and spending a total of 19 weeks there. The single reached No. 56 on the Cashbox pop singles chart in 1969. "Daddy Sang Bass" was also released on the Columbia Records Hall of Fame Series  b/w "Folsom Prison Blues" (live version). The record was nominated in the CMA awards category of Single of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA) in 1969.

"Daddy Sang Bass" was Cash's thirty-sixth entry on the pop charts and the last before his "A Boy Named Sue" became his first and only top ten hit there. No other act has ever started off a pop career with a longer such drought, as regards the number of singles on the pop charts, that was finally broken. For comparison, Bobby Helms currently has the longest drought, as regards the time length between first appearance on the Hot 100 and first top ten there, achieved on January 5, 2019, after waiting 60 years, four months and two weeks

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Daddy Sang Bass

artist:Johnny Cash and the Carter Family

, writer:Carl Perkins

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