Chords for Dixie Melody Boys - "Antioch Church House Choir" - 2002
Tempo:
58 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
D
Gbm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A]
One old [Gbm] man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[G]
[D] I guess you'd [Gbm] say he's a fixture, [Em] around town they all knew his name.
[A] And every time the church bells [G] rang, Uncle Jesse, [D] he up and came.
He always [Gbm] sat in the very same [Em] pew, humming in a [E] voice loud and rough.
[A] But when it came to the Antioch church house choir, Uncle [D] Jesse never heard enough.
You see he always [Gbm] wanted to sing in the [Em] choir, but he couldn't sing a lick, don't you know.
[A] Why he tried out for the Antioch [G] choir, 34 [D] years in a row.
He'd always [Gbm] get to the tryout [E] survey, he wanted to [Em] try out first.
[A] But instead of his singing getting any [G] better, every year it just [D] got a little worse.
And [D] he'd say, please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A] One old man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[Eb] One cloudy [C] Sunday morning, [Ab] I was in the sun.
[Bb] The church bells rang and everybody came to save [Eb] Jesse, he didn't come.
And everybody [Gm] started getting worried, [Fm] but they figured they'd start anyhow.
[Bb] And just as they did, Jesse's voice came [Ab] booming down from heaven and out of no how.
And [Eb] he said, I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a little higher.
[Eb] Well I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the heavenly choir.
[Eb] Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a [Eb] little higher.
Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the [Eb] heavenly choir.
[Ab] [Eb] Please let me [Gm] sing in the choir, in the [Fm] choir.
Please let me [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] One old man can't be all that bad, won't [Ab] you please let me sing in [Eb] the choir.
[N]
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A]
One old [Gbm] man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[G]
[D] I guess you'd [Gbm] say he's a fixture, [Em] around town they all knew his name.
[A] And every time the church bells [G] rang, Uncle Jesse, [D] he up and came.
He always [Gbm] sat in the very same [Em] pew, humming in a [E] voice loud and rough.
[A] But when it came to the Antioch church house choir, Uncle [D] Jesse never heard enough.
You see he always [Gbm] wanted to sing in the [Em] choir, but he couldn't sing a lick, don't you know.
[A] Why he tried out for the Antioch [G] choir, 34 [D] years in a row.
He'd always [Gbm] get to the tryout [E] survey, he wanted to [Em] try out first.
[A] But instead of his singing getting any [G] better, every year it just [D] got a little worse.
And [D] he'd say, please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A] One old man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[Eb] One cloudy [C] Sunday morning, [Ab] I was in the sun.
[Bb] The church bells rang and everybody came to save [Eb] Jesse, he didn't come.
And everybody [Gm] started getting worried, [Fm] but they figured they'd start anyhow.
[Bb] And just as they did, Jesse's voice came [Ab] booming down from heaven and out of no how.
And [Eb] he said, I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a little higher.
[Eb] Well I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the heavenly choir.
[Eb] Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a [Eb] little higher.
Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the [Eb] heavenly choir.
[Ab] [Eb] Please let me [Gm] sing in the choir, in the [Fm] choir.
Please let me [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] One old man can't be all that bad, won't [Ab] you please let me sing in [Eb] the choir.
[N]
Key:
Ab
Eb
D
Gbm
Bb
Ab
Eb
D
Please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A]
One old [Gbm] man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[G] _
[D] I guess you'd [Gbm] say he's a fixture, [Em] around town they all knew his name.
_ [A] And every time the church bells [G] rang, Uncle Jesse, [D] he up and came.
He always [Gbm] sat in the very same [Em] pew, humming in a [E] voice loud and rough.
[A] But when it came to the Antioch church house choir, Uncle [D] Jesse never heard enough.
You see he always [Gbm] wanted to sing in the [Em] choir, but he couldn't sing a lick, don't you know.
[A] Why he tried out for the Antioch [G] choir, 34 [D] years in a row.
He'd always [Gbm] get to the tryout [E] survey, he wanted to [Em] try out first.
[A] But instead of his singing getting any [G] better, every year it just [D] got a little worse.
And [D] he'd say, please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A] One old man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
_ [Eb] One cloudy [C] Sunday morning, [Ab] I was in the sun.
[Bb] The church bells rang and everybody came to save [Eb] Jesse, he didn't come.
And everybody [Gm] started getting worried, [Fm] but they figured they'd start anyhow.
[Bb] And just as they did, Jesse's voice came [Ab] booming down from heaven and out of no how.
And [Eb] he said, I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a little higher.
[Eb] Well I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the heavenly choir.
[Eb] Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a [Eb] little higher.
Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the [Eb] heavenly choir.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] Please let me [Gm] sing in the choir, in the [Fm] choir.
Please let me [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] One old man can't be all that bad, won't [Ab] you please let me sing in [Eb] the choir.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A]
One old [Gbm] man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
[G] _
[D] I guess you'd [Gbm] say he's a fixture, [Em] around town they all knew his name.
_ [A] And every time the church bells [G] rang, Uncle Jesse, [D] he up and came.
He always [Gbm] sat in the very same [Em] pew, humming in a [E] voice loud and rough.
[A] But when it came to the Antioch church house choir, Uncle [D] Jesse never heard enough.
You see he always [Gbm] wanted to sing in the [Em] choir, but he couldn't sing a lick, don't you know.
[A] Why he tried out for the Antioch [G] choir, 34 [D] years in a row.
He'd always [Gbm] get to the tryout [E] survey, he wanted to [Em] try out first.
[A] But instead of his singing getting any [G] better, every year it just [D] got a little worse.
And [D] he'd say, please let me [Gbm] sing in the choir, [Em] choir.
Please let me sing in the choir.
[A] One old man can't be all that [G] bad, won't you please let me [D] sing in the choir.
_ [Eb] One cloudy [C] Sunday morning, [Ab] I was in the sun.
[Bb] The church bells rang and everybody came to save [Eb] Jesse, he didn't come.
And everybody [Gm] started getting worried, [Fm] but they figured they'd start anyhow.
[Bb] And just as they did, Jesse's voice came [Ab] booming down from heaven and out of no how.
And [Eb] he said, I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a little higher.
[Eb] Well I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the heavenly choir.
[Eb] Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Fm] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] And I can lift my voice just as high as [Ab] yours, maybe just a [Eb] little higher.
Oh I found me a [Gm] choir man with a mean [Ab] shape, now I'll sing in the choir.
[Bb] Dear folks down there, you can't fool me or [Ab] lie, I'm singing in the [Eb] heavenly choir.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] Please let me [Gm] sing in the choir, in the [Fm] choir.
Please let me [Ab] sing in the choir.
[Bb] One old man can't be all that bad, won't [Ab] you please let me sing in [Eb] the choir.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _