Intro: G  Am  G 

verse 1 

G                       G7 
I remember when I was a lad 
           C                    G 
Times were hard and things were bad 
                            G7           D      Am 
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud 
           G                   G7    
Just poor people that's all we were 
                 C                        G 
Tryin' to make a livin' out of black land dirt 
                              D              G 
We'd get together in a family circle singin' loud 



[Refrão]
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor) 
              C                        G 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
                                     D 
Now singin' seems to help a troubled soul 
           D7    G                    G7 
Now one of these days and it won't be long 
     C                G 
I'll rejoin them in a song 
                            D             G 
I'm gonna' join that family circle at the throne 

Bridge 
                       G7            C              G 
No the circle won't be broken by and by Lord by and by 

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor) 
              C                        G 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
                D      G   G D G 
In the sky Lord in the sky 


verse 2 
                 G7              C              G 
I remember after work mama would call in all of us 
                                    G7      D 
And you could hear us singin' for a country mile 
               G                     G7 
But now little brother has done gone on  
          C              G 
but I'll rejoin him in a song 
                           D           G 
We'll be together again up yonder in a while 
 


[Refrão]
(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor) 
              C                        G 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
                                     D 
Now singin' seems to help a troubled soul 
                 G                    G7 
Now one of these days and it won't be long 
      C               G 
I'll rejoin them in a song 
                           D              G 
I'm gonna join that family circle at the throne 


Outro:
                       G7            C              G 
No the circle won't be broken by And by Lord by and by 

(Daddy sang bass mama sang tenor) 
              C                        G 
Me and little brother would join right in there 
                D      G 
In the sky Lord in the sky 
                C  D   G 
In the sky Lord in the sky