G
Well I remember when I was a lad
           C                    G
Times were hard and things were bad
                                            D7
But there's a silver linin'... behind every cloud
          G
Just poor people that's all we were
                 C                    G
Tryin' to make a livin' outta outback dirt
                           D7                  G
But we'd get together in a circle and sing out loud ...

[Chorus]
                 Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor
G7            C                        G
Me and little brother would join right in there
                                    D7
Singin'... seems to help a troubled soul
             G
One of these days it won't be long
          C            G
We'll all join in this song
                          D7            G
We'll all get together up yonder at the throne ...

                 No, the circle ... won't be broken
G7      C                  G
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye ...
                 Daddy'll sing bass, mama'll sing tenor
G7            C                       G
Me and little brother will join right in there
                    D7     G
In the sky Lord ... in the sky.

G
Now I remember after work
           C              G
mama would call in all of us
                                            D7
You could hear us singin' ... for a country mile
           G
Now little brother he has gone on
              C                   G
and I'm gonna join him before too long
                          D7            G
We'll all get together up yonder at the throne ...

[Chorus]
                  D7     G
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
                         D7     G
Said In the sky Lord ... in the sky ...