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Going Down Jordan by Harry Belafonte

Going Down Jordan chords by Harry Belafonte

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We are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan,

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we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road !



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1. I was livin' me life as an Anglican,

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  let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man.

       C

  I was livin' me life as an Anglican,

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  let me tell you how I changed to a Baptist man.



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  One night I was walking down Fred'rick street,

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  poor and hungry, no shoes on me feet.

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  I passed a door that said "Down with sin",

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  it was the smell of food that pull me in. We are ...



 C                    F

Going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan,

      C                         G      C

we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road !



+ All together, Children !  + CHORUS



+ Once again, now !  + CHORUS



          C

2. Well, the leader walked up and he shook my hand,

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  said, "I want you to be a holy man."

         C

  Right away I made a big decision,

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  me stomach was a growling for this new religion.



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  I started over to get some food,

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  when some sisters approached me in a mystic mood.

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  They dunked me in the water 'bout four, five times,

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  I couldn't see a thing 'cause I was almost blind.



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  Singing,     I've got a sword in my hand,

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  I'm going to use it well. Deliver me !

   C

  I've got a sword in my hand, Hallelujah !

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  I'm going to use it well.



        C

3. I was drenched to me skin and I was feeling cold,

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  but the sight of the food made me take a hold.

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  The sisters started to break away,

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  they said, "Kneel, believers, kneel and pray!"



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  I prayed and I prayed in a new-found style,

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  in the meantime me taste buds was running wild.

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  I was about to fall clear out of me seat,

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  when a man jumped up and said, "Before you eat!" You got to ...



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Mourn, children, mourn, you got to mourn, children, mourn,

         C

and if you want to go to Heaven when you die,

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you got to mourn, children, mourn !



+ All together, now !  + CHORUS



+ Once again, now !  + CHORUS



         C

4. Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain,

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  now I find myself a free man again.

        C

  Well, before I baptized I had plenty pain,

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  now I find myself a free man again.



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  Don't talk 'bout the leaders, they treat me good,

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  plenty sweet oil and plenty food.

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  My brother, it was then that I realized.

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  ev'ry man on earth should be baptized. ‘Cause ...



 C                    F

Going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan,

      C                         G      C

we are going down, Jordan, let's walk the heavenly road !

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