Goin' Down Jordan
Goin' Down Jordan

Goin' Down Jordan easy guitar chords by Harry Belafonte

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    • Verse 1
    We 
    are 

    going 
    down, 

    Jordan 

    We are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heavenly 
    road 

    Verse 2
    I was 
    livin' 
    me life 
    as an 
    Anglican 

    Let me 
    tell 
    you how 
    I changed 

    to 
    a 
    Baptist 
    man 

    I was 
    livin' 
    me life 
    as an 
    Anglican 

    Let 
    me 
    tell you 
    how 
    I 
    changed 

    to 
    a 
    Baptist 
    man 

    Verse 3
    One 
    night 
    I was 
    walking 

    down 
    Fredrick 
    street 

    Poor 
    and hungry, 
    no shoes 
    on me 
    feet 

    I passed 
    a door 
    that 
    said 

    "Down 
    with sin" 

    It was the 
    smell 
    of food 
    that 
    pull 
    me in

    Verse 4
    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the heavenly 
    road 

    (All together 
    Verse 5
    children) going 
    down, 

    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heavenly 
    road 

    (Once a
    gain 
    Verse 6
    now) going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heavenly 
    road 

    Verse 7
    Well, 
    the 
    leader 
    walked 
    up 

    and he shook 
    my 
    hand 

    Said 
    "I want 
    you to 
    be 
    a holy 
    man" 

    Right 
    away 
    I 
    made 
    a quick de
    cision 

    Me 
    stomach 
    was 
    a growling 

    for this 
    new religion 

    I 
    started 
    over 
    to 
    get some 
    food 

    When 
    some 
    sisters 
    approached 

    me in 
    a 
    mystic 
    mood 

    They 
    dunked me in the 

    water 
    'bout 
    four, five 
    times 

    I 
    couldn't 
    see 
    a thing 'cause 

    I was 
    almost 
    blind 

    Verse 8
    Singing 
    I've 
    got 
    a sword 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    I'm 
    going 
    to use 
    it 
    well 

    Deliver 
    me 

    I've 
    got 
    a sword 
    in 
    my 

    hand 
    (hallelujah) 

    I'm 
    going 
    to 
    use 
    it 
    well 

    Verse 9
    I was 
    drenched 
    to me 
    skin 

    and I was 
    feeling 
    cold 

    But 
    the sight 
    of 
    the food 
    made 

    me take 
    a 
    hold 

    The sisters 
    star
    ted 
    to 
    break 
    away 

    They 
    said, 
    "Kneel, 

    believers, 
    kneel 
    and pray" 

    I 
    prayed 
    and 
    I prayed 
    in 
    a 

    new- found 
    style 

    In the 
    meantime 
    me 
    taste 

    buds 
    was 
    running 
    wild 

    I was 
    about 
    to 
    fall 
    clear 
    out 
    of me seat 

    When 
    a man 
    jumped 
    up 

    and said "Be
    fore 
    you eat 

    Verse 10
    You got 
    to mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    You 
    got to 
    mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    And 
    if you 
    want 
    to 
    go 
    to 
    Heaven 

    when 
    you die 

    You got to 
    mourn, 
    children, 

    Verse 11
    mourn" 

    (Altogether now) mourn, 

    children, 
    mourn 

    You got 
    to 
    mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    And if 
    you 
    want 
    to 
    go 
    to Heaven 

    when you 
    die 

    You got to 
    mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    (Once again 
    Verse 12
    now) mourn, 

    children, 
    mourn 

    You 
    got to 
    mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    And if 
    you 
    want 
    to 
    go 
    to 
    Heaven 

    when you 
    die 

    You got to 
    mourn, 
    children, 
    mourn 

    Verse 13
    Well, 
    before 
    I baptized 
    I had 
    plenty 
    pain 

    Now 
    I 
    find 
    myself 
    a free 
    man again 

    Well, before 
    I bap
    tized 
    I had 
    plenty 
    pain 

    Now 
    I 
    find 
    myself 
    a free man 
    again 

    Don't 
    talk 
    'bout 
    the 
    leaders, 

    they 
    treat 
    me good 

    Plenty 
    sweet 
    toy 
    and 
    plenty 
    food 

    My 
    brother, 
    it was 
    then 
    that 
    I 
    realized 

    Every 
    man 
    on earth 
    should 

    be baptized 

    Verse 14
    'Cause happy 
    days are 

    here again 

    Those skies 
    above are clear 
    again 

    Oh, let 
    us sing our song 
    of joy again 

    Verse 15
    Because 
    we are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We are 
    going 
    down, 

    Jordan 

    We are going down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heavenly 
    road 

    Verse 16
    Going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jord
    an 

    We 
    are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heavenly 
    road 

    Verse 17
    (Once again 
    now) going 
    down, 

    Jordan 

    We are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    We are 
    going 
    down, 
    Jordan 

    Let's 
    walk 
    the 
    heav
    enly 
    road 


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