INTRO: C  G C  G
 
    Am           Em/G          F      C      F
Sometimes in the middle of the lonely night
                       C       Am
No one there to be his friend
              Em/G            F       C      F
He'd grab the fiddle and he'd hold it tight
                               C          F
The angels there would gather 'round him
                                  C      F
And he would play all through the night
                              C      F
He would play all through the night
 
 
         Dm             Em             E
He would play 'til everything seemed alright
      Am          Em/G        F           C           F
And I cried every time that I watched him play, lord
                           C     F
He really had something to say
                         C
And I watched him steal away
 
 
   Am              Em/G         F         C      F
He built himself a cabin at the foot of a hill
                       C       
He never knew the city street
   Am             Em/G         F        C      F
He never had much money, never needed a will
                       C        F
All he had was one old fiddle
                         C    F
And he passed it down to me
                         C    F
And he passed it down to me
 
 
        Dm               Em            E
So I'll play it, for the world seems alright
      Am            Em/G   F            C          F
Gonna play 'til the angels dance in the sky, lord
                             C    F
I'll play this fiddle 'til I die
                             C    F
I'll play this fiddle 'til I die
                             C    F
I'll play this fiddle 'til I die
                             C    F
I'll play this fiddle in the sky