| Marc |
| Daniel and The Sacred Harp |
| Chorus: |
| G | D | |
| Da | niel Daniel and the sa | cred harp |
| C | G | |
| Da | ncing through the cl | over |
| C | Bm | |
| Da | niel Daniel wo | uld you mind |
| D7 | G | |
| If I look it o | ver |
| Verse: |
| G | C | D7 | G | |
| I he | ard of this famous harp ye | ars ago back in my h | ome t | own |
| C | D | Em | |
| But I sure never thought old Da | niel be the one to come and br | ing it ar | ound |
| G | D | C | G | |
| T | ell me Daniel h | ow the harp c | ame into your pose | ssion |
| D | C | G | |
| Are you one of the ch | osen few who will da | nce in the the proc | ession |
| C | Em | |
| and Da | niel said |
| G | D | G | D | |
| T | he sacred harp was han | ded down from fa | ther unto s | on |
| C | Bm | Am | D7 | |
| And n | eed not be re | lated I could n | ever be the o | ne |
| G | D | G | D | |
| So I sa | ved up all my si | lver and t | ook it to a m | an |
| C | Bm | Am | G | |
| Who sa | id he could de | liver the harp st | raight into my h | and |
| Em | A | |
| Three y | ears he waited pat | iently |
| D | C | |
| till he retu | rned with the harp from the s | ea of Galilee |
| Em | A | D | C | |
| He said | there is just one th | ing I must ask but n | ot a personal gr | ief |
| Bm | Am | |
| But Da | niel wouldn't listen he just gr | abbed the harp |
| D7 | G | |
| And said t | ake what you may n | eed. |
| G | C | D | G | |
| Now Da | niel looked quite sati | sfied and the harp it se | emed to g | low |
| C | D | Em | |
| But the price that Daniel had rea | lly paid he did not e | ven k | now |
| G | D7 | |
| B | ack to his brother he t | ook his troubled mind |
| C | G | |
| And he s | aid oh brother I'm | in a bind |
| D7 | C | G | |
| But the brother would not h | ear his tale he said O | ld Daniel's gonna la | nd in jail |
| G | D | G | D | |
| So to his father Da | niel did run And he s | aid oh father what h | ave I done |
| C | Bm | Am | |
| His fat | her said son you've g | iven in you know you | won your harp |
| G | |
| But you l | ost ??? ??? |
| Em | A | |
| Then Da | niel took the harp and went h | igh on the hill |
| D | C | |
| And he b | lew across the meadow like a whi | pperwhill |
| Em | A | |
| He pl | ayed out his heart just the t | ime to pass |
| D | C | G | |
| But as he loo | ked to the ground he no | ticed no shadow did he c | ast |
| Repeat Chorus |