Intro  G  Am  G
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
(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
                       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
                 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
(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
                       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