Sing ‘Cause I Love To
Written by Rebecca Lynn Howard & Radney Foster
Recorded by Rebecca Lynn Howard
Album: No Rules (2008)

(Capo on 3)

Intro.:  | (G)  | (C) (G) | (G)  | (D) (G) |  x 2

(Verse 1)
(G) Across the street from (C)Mables (G)store
Underneath my (D)daddy's car-(G)port
If you knew at (C)least three (G)chords
You could (Em)come and play (D)all night (G)long
(Em)Flattop Mandolin or (G)anything with strings
(Em)Every single Saturday (D)you could hear us sing

(Chorus)
(G) High and Low (C) Rough and (G)Sweet
And if you couldn't play you brought (D)something to eat
(G)Folks would come from (C)miles a-(G)round
It gets in your blood and you (D)can't get it (G)out
(Em)When it steals your heart there aint (C)nothing you can do
There (G)wasn't no money you just (C)sing cause you love to

Inst.:  | (G)  | (C) (G) | (G)  | (D) (G) |

(Verse 2)
(G) Daddy would sing (C)ring of (G)fire
Someone would play the (D)Wildwood (G)Flower
Fiddles moaning in the (C)wee small (G)hours
And you (Em)couldn't make the (D)people go (G)home
I'd (Em)sit in mommas lap and she'd (G)rock me asleep
To A-(Em)mazing Grace in three (D)part harmony

(Chorus)
(G) High and Low (C) Rough and (G)Sweet
And if you couldn't play you brought (D)something to eat
(G)Folks would come from (C)miles a-(G)round
It gets in your blood and you (D)can't get it (G)out
(Em)When it steals your heart there aint (C)nothing you can do
There (G)wasn't no money you just (C)sing cause you love to (G)

(Bridge)
(F) I carry (Am)in my soul the (G)music from my younger (D)days
(F) And try to re-(Em)member every time (D) I (C)hit the stage (Bm) (Am)

(G) High and Low (C) Rough and (G)Sweet
And if I wasn't getting paid I'd be (D)doing it for free
(G) Folks would come from (C)miles a-(G)round
It got in my blood and I (D)can't get it (G)out
(Em)When it steals your heart there ain't (C)nothing you can do
Lord I don't (G)sing for the money I sing cause I love (C) to (G) (C)
(G)Lord I don't sing for the money I (C)sing cause I love to -----

Outro.:  | (G)  | (C) (G) | (G)  | (D) (G) |  x times and fade