Lyr Add: Pass the Music On (Si Kahn & Tom Chapin)

Subject: Lyr Add: PASS THE MUSIC ON (Si Kahn & Tom Chapin)
From: bbc
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 06:47 PM

Per request from Big RiB--


PASS THE MUSIC ON
(Si Kahn & Tom Chapin)
As recorded by Tom Chapin on "So Nice to Come Home" (1994)

I did not learn this music at my grandma's knee,
But from some old musicians I never got to see.
I know them by their records, their voices and their songs
And I'm blessed to be with you tonight to pass the music on.

CHORUS: For the good times and the high times, through the suffering and pain;
It's the song of generations singing in my veins.
I still hear that old-time music of good friends now long gone.
I am here tonight to pass the music on.

You know I'm not traditional and I've never claimed to be.
But I come from a tradition that others made for me.
They're still alive inside my heart although they're now long gone,
I like to think they trusted me to pass the music on. CHORUS

And most of the songs I've got tonight I must admit I wrote,
Others I've learned heart to heart instead of note by note.
And now as I grow older and new folk come along
I'll help you out the best I can To pass the music on. CHORUS

I've sung these songs with some old friends I never will forget.
And I've sung 'em with an audience of folks I've hardly met.
So here we are together to celebrate the song,
We'll sing and play our part tonight to pass the music on. CHORUS

I am here tonight to pass the music on.
We are here tonight to pass the music on.


bbc

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Pass the Music On
From: Hummingbird
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 07:00 PM

bbc, great tune!!!!! So what does it sound like???? Any chords, always looking for chords!!!! *S* Hummingbird

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Pass the Music On
From: bbc
Date: 08 Jan 00 - 01:56 PM

Sorry, hummingbird. I am not an instrumentalist, so don't have tune/chords.

bbc

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Pass the Music On
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 09:32 PM

I would also like the chords to this song if anyone knows them

Subject: RE: ADD: Pass the Music On (Si Kahn & Tom Chapin)
From: Charley Noble
Date: 30 Jul 10 - 09:04 AM

Excellent song!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: ADD: Pass the Music On (Si Kahn & Tom Chapin)
From: maeve
Date: 30 Jul 10 - 09:18 AM

Both album and mp3 (with free preview of a clip) are available from http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tomchapinmusic3