Goin' Down Jordan

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[Verse 1]
[C]We [F]are[C][G][C][Am]
[C]going down,
Jordan
We are [F]going down, Jordan
We are [C]going down, Jordan
Let's [G]walk the heavenly [C]road

[Verse 2]
I was [C]livin' me life as an Anglican
Let me [G]tell you how I changed
to a [C]Baptist man
I was livin' me life as an Anglican
Let me [D]tell you how I [G]changed
to a [C]Baptist man

[Verse 3]
One [C]night I was walking
down [F]Fredrick street
[G]Poor and hungry, [C]no shoes on me [Am]feet
[C]I passed a door that said
[F]"Down with sin"
It was the [G]smell of food that [C]pull [Am]me in

[Verse 4]
We are [C]going down, Jordan
We are [F]going down, Jordan
We are [C]going down, Jordan
Let's [G]walk the heavenly road
[Am](All together

[Verse 5]
children) going [C]down,
[Am]Jordan
We are going [F]down, Jordan
We are [C]going down, [Am]Jordan
Let's walk the [G]heavenly road
[Am](Once again[C]

[Verse 6]
now) going down, Jordan
We are [F]going down, [Am]Jordan
[F]We are [C]going down, Jordan
Let's [G]walk the heavenly [C]road

[Verse 7]
Well, the [C]leader walked [F]up
and he shook [C]my hand
Said [G]"I want you to be [C]a holy man"
Right away I [F]made a quick de[C]cision
Me [G]stomach was a growling
for this [C]new religion
I started over to [F]get some food
[Am]When some [G]sisters approached
me in a [C]mystic mood
[Am]They[C] dunked me in the
water 'bout [F]four, five times
I [G]couldn't see a thing 'cause
I was [C]almost blind

[Verse 8]
Singing [C]I've got a sword in my hand
I'm going [G]to use it [C]well
Deliver me
I've got a sword [Am]in my
[C]hand (hallelujah)
I'm going to [G]use it [C]well

[Verse 9]
I was [C]drenched to me [F]skin
and I was [C]feeling cold
But the sight [G]of the food made
me take [C]a hold
The sisters star[F]ted to [C]break away
They said, [G]"Kneel,
believers, [C]kneel and pray"
I prayed and I prayed in a
[F]new- found style
In the [G]meantime me taste
buds was [C]running wild
I was about to fall clear [Am]out of me seat
[F]When a man [G]jumped up
and said "Be[C]fore you eat

[Verse 10]
You got [C]to mourn, children, mourn
You got to [F]mourn, children, mourn
And if you [C]want to go to Heaven
when you die
You got to [D]mourn, [C]children,

[Verse 11]
mourn"
[C](Altogether now) mourn,
children, mourn
You got to [F]mourn, children, mourn
And if you [C]want to go to Heaven
when you die
You got to [G]mourn, children, mourn
[C](Once again

[Verse 12]
[C]now) mourn,
children, mourn
[G]You got to [F]mourn, children, mourn
And if you [C]want to go to Heaven
when you [G]die
You got to mourn, children, [C]mourn

[Verse 13]
Well, [C]before I baptized I had plenty pain
Now I [G]find myself a free [C]man again
Well, before I bap[F]tized I had [C]plenty pain
Now I [G]find myself a free man [C]again
Don't talk 'bout the leaders,
they [F]treat me good
[G]Plenty sweet toy and [C]plenty food
My brother, it was then that I [F]realized
[G]Every man on earth should
[C]be baptized

[Verse 14]
'Cause happy [C]days are
here again
Those skies above are clear again
Oh, let us sing our song of joy again

[Verse 15]
Because we are [F]going down, Jordan
We are [C]going down,
Jordan
We are going down, Jordan
Let's walk the [G]heavenly road

[Verse 16]
[C]Going down, Jordan
We are [F]going down, Jordan
We are [C]going down, Jordan
Let's walk the [G]heavenly road

[Verse 17]
(Once again [C]now) going down,
Jordan
We are [F]going down, Jordan
We are [C]going down, Jordan
Let's walk the [G]heavenly road