Dixie Melody Boys - Antioch church house choir

^DPlease let me sing in the ^F#mchoir, in the choir, ^Emplease let me sing in the choir. ^AOne old man can't be all that bad, won't you ^Gplease let me sing in the ^Dchoir.^A

^DI guess you'd say he's a ^F#mfixture, around ^Emtown they all knew his name. And ^Aevery time the church bells rang, Uncle ^GJesse, he up and ^Dcame. ^DHe always sat in the ^F#mvery same pew ^Emhumming in a voice loud and rough. When it ^Acame to the Antioch Church house choir Uncle ^GJesse never heard ^Denough^A.

^DHe always wanted to ^F#msing in the choir but he ^Emcouldn't sing a lick don't you know Why, he ^Atried out for the Antioch Choir, ^G34 years in a ^Drow^A

^DHe always get to the ^F#mtry-outs early he ^Emwanted to try out first, but ins^Atead of his singing getting any better every y^Gear it just got a little ^Dworse

^GHe s^Aaid: ^DPlease let me sing in the ^F#mchoir, in the choir, ^Emplease let me sing in the choir. ^AOne old man can't be all that bad, won't you ^Gplease let me sing in the ^Dchoir.^A

^EbOne cloudy Sunday ^Gmmorning, I re^Fmmember it was raining some The ^Bbchurch bells rang and everybody came except ^AbJesse, He didn't ^Ebcome. ^EbAnd everybody started getting ^Gmworried, but they ^Fmfigured they'd start anyhow. ^BbJust as they did Jesse's voice came booming down from ^AbHeaven, and I don't know ^Ebhow.

^EbmI've found me a choir that'll ^Gmlet me sing, ^Fmnow I'm singing in the choir ^BbYou folks down there can't hold me a light 'cause I'm ^Absinging in the heavenly ^Ebchoir.

^EbmI've found me a choir that'll ^Gmlet me sing, ^Fmnow I'm singing in the choir ^Bband I can raise my voice just as high as yours. Maybe just ^Aba little higher. ^Eb

^EbI've found me a choir that'll ^Gmlet me sing, ^Fmnow I'm singing in the choir ^BbYou folks down there can't hold me a light 'cause I'm ^Absinging in the heavenly ^Ebchoir.

^EbmPlease let me sing in the choi^Gmr, in the choir, ^Fmplease let me sing in the choir. ^BbOne old man can't be all that bad,

One old man^Ab can't be all that bad, ^Eb