The Music Never Stopped

There's (E)mosquitoes on the river,

(C)fish are (E)rising up like birds.

(C)It's been (E)hot for seven weeks now,

while the (A)too hot to even (C)speak now.

Did you (E)hear what I just heard?

Say, it might have been a fiddle,

(C)or it (E)could have been the wind.

(C)But there (E)seems to be a beat now,

I can (A)feel it in my (C)feet now.

Listen, (E)here it comes again.

(A)There's a band out on the (Adim7)highway,

(Bdim)they're highsteppin' into (A)town.

It's a rain ticed, bow the (Adim7)full of sound,

and gone.

it's (Bdim)fireworks, calliopes and (A)clowns.

Ev'rybody's (A6)dancin'.

(A6)Come on, children.

(Bm7)Come on, children.

(A)Come on, clap your (D#dim7)hands.

(E)Well, the (A)Sun went down in honey

(G)and the (A)moon came up in wine.

(G)You know, (A)stars were spinnin' dizzy.

Lord, the (D)band kept us so (F)busy (G)we (D)forgot (E)about the (A)time.

(B)They're a (E)band beyond description,

(C)like (E)Jehovah's fav'rite choir.

(C)People (E)joining hand in hand now,

while the (A)music to plays the (C)band.

now. Lord, they're (E)settin' us on fire.

Crazy rooster crowin' midnight,

(C)balls of (E)lightnin' roll along.

(C)Old men (E)sing about their dreams,

now, women (A)laugh and children (C)scream,

now. and the (E)band keeps playin' on.

(A)Keep on dancin' through to (Adim7)daylight,

(Bdim)greet the mornin' air with (A)song.

No one's no ticed, but the (Adim7)band's all packed and gone.

it's (Bdim)fire Was it ever here at (A)all?

But they kept on (A6)(Bm7)dancin'.

(A6)Come on, children.

(Bm7)Come on, children.