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