A Place In The Choir

A PLACE IN THE CHOIR Time: 4/4 Tenor: G Bass: C

- Bill Staines, 1978, Record: Bridges / The First Million Miles

- Source: New Folk Favorites, page 78 (G) / Rise Up Singing, page 241 (E)

G *

All God's critters got a place in the choir

Some sing low, some sing higher

C * G

Some sing out loud on the telephone wire

D7 G *

And some just clap their hands or paws or anything they got, now ..

G *

Listen to the bass, it's the one on the bottom

Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus

C * G

Moans and groans with a big t'-do

And the old cow just goes moo

G *

The dogs and the cats, they take up the middle

While the honeybee hums and the cricket fiddles

C * G

The donkey brays and the pony neighs

And the old coyote howls

G *

Listen to the top where the little birds sing

On the melody with the high notes ringing

C * G

The hoot owl hollers over every-thing

And the jay bird disa-grees

Singing in the night time, singing in the day

The little duck quacks, then he's on his way

The 'possum ain't got much to say

And the porcupine talks to himself

It's a simple song of living sung everywhere

By the ox and the fox and the grizzly bear

The grumpy alligator and the hawk above

The sly raccoon and the turtle dove

NOTES:

- "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord

- "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest

- V1L4: G on "old", D7 on "just"

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