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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Found in Swing_Low_Sweet_Chariot.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:2
T:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
C:Anonymous
S:John C. Campbell Folk School Song Book
Z:ABC by Thornton Rose, 2002
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:G
"G"B G2 B | "C"G>G ("G"E<D) | G/2G/2G/2G/2 B/2B/2 d | "D7"d4 |
w:Swing low, sweet char-i-ot,_ com-in' for to car-ry me home.
(e/2d/2) "G"B2 d | "C"G>G ("G"E<D) | "G"G/2G/2G/2G/2 "D7"B/2B/2 A | "G"G3
w:Swing_ low, sweet char-i-ot,_ com-in' for to car-ry me home.
"G"B | d G/2D/2 G G/2G/2 | "C"G/2G/2 G ("D7"E<D) |
w:1.~I looked ov-er Jor-dan, an' what did I see,_
"G"G/2G/2G/2G/2 B/2B/2 d | "D7"d3
w:com-in' for to car-ry me home.
d | ("G"e/2d/2) B B G | "C"G/2G/2G/2G/2 ("G"E<D) |
w:A band_ of an-gels com-in' af-ter me,_
G/2G/2G/2G/2 "D7"B/2B/2 A | "G"G4 |]
w:com-in' for to car-ry me home.
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W:2. If you get there before I do,
W:Comin' for to carry me home.
W:Jes' tell my frens that I'm a-comin', too.
W:Comin' for to carry me home.
W:(Chorus)
W:
W:3. I'm sometimes up an' sometimes down,
W:Comin' for to carry me home.
W:But still my soul feels heavenly boun'.
W:Comin' for to carry me home.
W:(Chorus)
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