Jordan chords by Jana Horn

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Intro:

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Verse 1:
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They called me to Jordan, said, "Boy, pack your things
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The greatest bomb is coming to sort out the unclean
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And if you go to Jordan, you'll face your enemies
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But if you don't, you won't have more than your mother's grief

Verse 2:
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And when you go to Jordan, don't stop for anything
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When she asks you if you're thirsty, and you are, don't have a drink
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It's not your task to understand the power of your feet
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You just must walk to Jordan, boy, because it's what we need"

Verse 3:
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So I, to Jordan, with nobody in tow
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Do walk the day into the end of its shadow
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With a mind to quiet the questions that I keep
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Like a baby in the womb rocks its mother into sleep

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And the road's so long
I do not know my name
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By the time my body falls flat at Jordan's gate
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And I cry, "Brother, sister
Mary Full of Grace
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Please tell me what I've done to have been pulled up from my place"

Verse 5:
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And the gate unlocks and there before me stands
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A man who is so dark, he has black bullets in his hands
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And he says, "Friend, my friend, do you remember me "
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And I said, "You must be mistaken, sir
I came from Galilee"

Verse 7:
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"Why, yes
I know, and you have served me well
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You have found the gates of Jordan despite every kind of hell
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Now, please, you must take this burden off of me
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I will blow my trumpet, boy, and you'll bomb Galilee"

Verse 8:
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"But, sir
I can't, that is my family
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They are just as dark and troubled and burdened by belief
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I can't be cut off from the shadow that was cast by my own feet
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To thank God for his calling at the cost of Galilee"

Verse 9:
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Then he grabbed my arm, said, "Take this trumpet here
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You can play your town a song while I take them by the ear
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This is the way of things, you simply do not understand
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And I can only show you grace, dear boy, if you will take my hand"



Verse 10:
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So there I laid my body to rest
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Having reached the gates of Jordan for the journey in itself
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I cannot want to wander any longer through this hell
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To be left for dead in Jordan and be called Emmanuel