Daniel And The Sacred Harp

Chorus:

G		     d

Daniel, daniel and the sacred harp,

C		     g

Dancing through the clover.

C	       bm

Daniel, daniel would you mind,

D7	     g

If i look it over.



Verse:

G			   c			d7   g

I heard of this famous harp years ago  back in my home town

C				 d	  em

But i sure never thought old daniel be the one to come and bring it around

G	       d	    c		      g

Tell me daniel how the harp came into your posession.

D 		  c		     g

Are you one of the chosen few who will march in the the procession?

C	 em



And daniel said:

G 		    d		    g	       d

The sacred harp was handed down, from father unto son,

C	     bm 	     am 	  d7

And me not being related,	i could never be the one.

G		  d	    g		 d

So i saved up all my silver, and took it to a man,

C 	    bm		     am 	     g

Who said he could deliver the harp, straight into my hand.



Em		      a

Three years i waited patiently,

D			     c

'till he returned with the harp from the sea of galilee.

Em		      a

He said there is one more thing i must ask,

D		    c

But not of personal greed.

Bm			  am

But i wouldn't listen i just grabbed the harp,

D7 	       g

And said take what you may need.



G			 c			  d	   g

Now daniel looked quite satisfied, and the harp it seemed to glow.

C		      d    em

But the price that daniel had really paid, he did not even know.

G		      d7

Back to his brother he took his troubled mind.

C		     g

And he said dear brother i'm in a bind.

D7

But the brother would not hear his tale,

C		       g

He said old daniel's gonna land in jail.

G		      d

So to his father daniel did run,

G		     d

And he said oh father what have i done.

C		    bm			  am

His father said son you've given in, you know you won your harp,

G

But you lost in sin.



Em			    a

Then daniel took the harp and went high on the hill,

D				   c

And he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill.

Em			      a

He played out his heart just the time to pass,

D		       c		       g

But as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast.



Repeat chorus




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