Jordan And The Nile chords by Jason Hawk Harris

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G


Verse 1:
N.C.
Poured the ashes from the river's edge
N.C.
They shone golden in the river bed
N.C.
Yeah, they lingered for a couple days
N.C.
Before the storm came and brushed 'em away
G
Now every time I'm by a river bank
C
I look to see if there's a golden wake
A

Guess I'm lookin' for that healing tide
N.C.
Where one day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile
N.C
One day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile

G     C

Em    C


Verse 2:
     G
He's branded on his elbow joint
C
Lookin' like the devil's needlepoint
G
But brown sugar's territorial
   Em
My uncle died prayin' for a miracle
G
He got so skinny as the dark came near
C
Turned to the side one day and disappeared
G                             Am
Somewhere he's singin' and he can't stop smilin'
    C
But one day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile
C
One day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile

G      C      G      C

G      C      G      C


Verse 3:
G
I press my ear against her bathroom door
C
I hear her breathin' out a spoonful more
G/B
Yeah, I know she gotta get her fill
        Em
It's the only way to keep her still
G
I'm half an orphan since she went that way
C
She's on that hill right off the interstate
  A
I bring her flowers while the cars go by
    C
And one day the Jordan, one day the Jordan


Verse 4:
G
And now the devil's tryin' to get me too
C
He might kill me, but I'll make it through
      Em
Gonna look for that river 'til I can't no more
       C
'Til I see my mama standin' on the farther shore
            G
You see, I, I'm feelin' heavy, but I see the light
C
My world is dark, but my abyss is bright
Am
And even if it takes a little while
     C
Then one day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile
C
One day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile
C
One day the Jordan gonna swallow the Nile

G

G


Outro:
       G      C
Little river
       G                         C
Little river, run my heart right through
    G                    C
And let me float away on you
         A          G             B           Em
From the locust and blood and the damage I've done
C      G             D           Em
Little river, let me float for a while
              C              D           G
Yeah, I wanna see the Jordan swallow the Nile
              C              D           Em
Yeah, I wanna see the Jordan swallow the Nile
              G
Yeah, I wanna see the Jordan swallow the Nile