Key: B major•
Verse 1
picked one of these old -fashioned five -string banjos
sure as the world have heard him pick this
tune here.
It's called Jordan
and the Hard Road to Travel.
B
F#
and I looked to the west
B
F#
I saw old Massa comin'
B
With the four bay horses hitched up in front
Well, I'd just come to town
for to pass the time away
B
E
B
when I walked down the street,
So take off your coat boys
E
B
and roll up your sleeves,
B
E
B
I believe
F#
B
E
B
Now David and Goliath
B
F#
Agreed to settle it accordin'
E
B
on the top of the head
F#
B
And he hurt it on the other side of Jordan
F#
B
So take off your coat, boys,
E
B
and roll up your sleeves
Jordan, they're a hard road to travel
F#
B
E
Now take off your coat, boys, roll up your
B
E
B
I believe
F#
B
E
B
B
F#
Was a -hoeing on a row of potatoes
E
B
from the bottom of the pack
F#
B
An d she hit him in the face with a mater
So take off your coat,
E
B
roll up your sleeves
B
E
B
I believe
F#
B
E
B
F#
Now, I looked to the east, I looked to the west
B
F#
I saw two women a -fightin'
E
B
that ain't a fair fight
F#
B
Cause that old gal is a -bitin'
F#
B
Hold now, take off your coat,
E
B
roll up your sleeves,
Take off your coat, boys,
B
E
I believe.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# E D# G#m
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