Sing You Children

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(tambourine)

{Verse 1}
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Oh Jonah he was desperate, in the belly of the whale.
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But jonah had a plan, he knew he couldn't fail.

{Verse 2}
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He raise' his head on high and lookin' for the sky.
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And sang a song so pretty, the whale told him goodbye.

{Chorus}
                                   G#m
You got to sing you children sing, sing you children sing.
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I only know one thing, hey! hey! hey!
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Sing you children sing, everybody!
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Sing you children sing, sing your troubles away.

{Verse 3}
Well, Moses said Good Lord: "Open up these waters for me."
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So I can get your chidren, Across this salty sea.

{Verse 4}
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Well the Lord parted the waters * and singing hand in hand.
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Moses and the children: Walked over to the promised land.

{Chorus}
                                              G#m
You got to sing you children sing,(everybody) sing you children sing. (hallelujah)
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I only know one thing, hey! hey! hey!
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Sing you children sing, everybody!
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Sing you children sing, (hallelujah) sing your troubles away.

{Verse 5}
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Oh Joshua had a plan, at the walls of Jericho.
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He'd march around those walls and on his horn he'd blow

{Verse 6}
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That horn would play a tune and sing a happy song.
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When Joshua got through: Those walls came tumbling down.

{Chorus}
                                              Am
You got to sing you children sing,(everybody) sing you children sing. (hallelujah)
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I only know one thing, hey! hey! hey!
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Sing you children sing, everybody!
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Sing you children sing, (hallelujah) sing your troubles away.

{Outro}
           Am                  G
You got to sing your troubles away.
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Sing your troubles away.
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You've got to sing your troubles away.
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Sing your troubles away.
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Sing your troubles away.