G# G#7 I remember when I was a lad C# G# Times were hard and things were bad D#7 But thereʼs a silver lininʼ behind every cloud G# G#7 Just poor people thatʼs all we were C# G# Tryinʼ to make a livinʼ out of blackland dirt D#7 G# But weʼd get together in a family circle singing loud G#7 Daddy sang bass Mama sang tenor C# G# Me and little brother would join right in there D#7 Singinʼ seems to help a troubled soul G# G#7 One of these days and it wonʼt be long C# G# Iʼll rejoin them in a song D#7 G# Iʼm gonna join the family circle at the throne G#7 No the circle wonʼt be broken C# G# Bye and bye Lord bye and bye G#7 Daddyʼll sing bass Mamaʼll sing tenor C# G# Me and little brother will join right in there C# D#7 G# In the sky Lord in the sky G#7 Now I remember after work C# G# Mama would call in all of us D#7 You could hear us singinʼ for a country mile G# G#7 Now little brother has done gone on C# G# But Iʼll rejoin him in a song D#7 G# Weʼll be together again up yonder in a little while
