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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) CHORUS: G * All God's critters got a place in the choir D7 G 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 D7 G Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus C * G Moans and groans with a big t'-do D7 G And the old cow just goes moo G * The dogs and the cats, they take up the middle D7 G While the honeybee hums and the cricket fiddles C * G The donkey brays and the pony neighs D7 G And the old coyote howls G * Listen to the top where the little birds sing D7 G On the melody with the high notes ringing C * G The hoot owl hollers over every-thing D7 G 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" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Barrie McCombs, MD, CCFP(EM) | Family Physician by Day | | bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca | Folk Musician by Night | | Voice: (403) 220-8551 | | | Fax: (403) 270-2330 | "Semper Ubi, Sub Ubi" | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------