Daniel And The Sacred Harp - Lyrics by Band

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


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I heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
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But I sure never thought old daniel be the one to come and bring it around
G
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Tell me daniel how the harp came into your posession.D 

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Are you one of the chosen few who will march in the the procession? C
 em
And daniel said:G 

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The sacred harp was handed down, from father unto son,C
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And me not being related,
i could never be the one.G

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So I saved up all my silver, and took it to a man,C 
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Who said he could deliver the harp, straight into my hand.
Em

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Three years I waited patiently,D


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

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He said there is one more thing I must ask,D

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But not of personal greed.
Bm


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But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp,D7 
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And said take what you may need.G


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

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

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Back to his brother he took his troubled mind.C

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And he said dear brother I'm in a bind.D7
But the brother would not hear his tale,C

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He said old daniel's gonna land in jail.G

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So to his father daniel did run,G

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And he said oh father what have I done.C

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His father said son you've given in, you know you won your harp,G
But you lost in sin.
Em


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



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And he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill.
Em


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He played out his heart just the time to pass,D

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