Why Don't You Swing Down chords by Bobby Darin

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Verse 1
G 
C 
Why  (G major) don't  (C major) you swing down,
G 
sweet chariot stopping, let me ride  (G major) 
C 
A 
D 
G 
 (C major) Rock me Lord rock  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) 
C 
 (C major) 
F 
C 
D 
 (F major) me Lord  (C major) come and ease,  (D major) yeah,
G 
I got a home on  (G major) the other side
C 
 (C major) Now Ezekiel saw the chariot
in the middle of the field
The angels were working
at the chariot wheel
He liked to walk right up
and take that angel's hand
And fly away up to the promised land
Ab 
C# 
Why  (A flat major) don't  (C sharp major) you swing down,
sweet chariot, stop it
Let me ride
Ab 
Why don't  (A flat major) you swing down,
sweet chariot, stop it
Let me ride
C# 
F# 
 (C sharp major) Rock me, Lord,  (F sharp major) rock me, Lord
C# 
Bb 
 (C sharp major) Come and ease  (B flat major) it
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) I got a home on that oth (A flat major) er side
C# 
Why don't  (C sharp major) you swing down,
sweet chariot, stop it
Let me ride
Ab 
Don't  (A flat major) you swing down,
sweet child, stop it, let me ride
C# 
F# 
Rock  (C sharp major) me, Lord,  (F sharp major) rock me,
C# 
Lord,  (C sharp major) calm and easy
Bbm 
Eb 
Ab 
 (B flat minor) I  (E flat major) gotta hold him on the oth (A flat major) er side
C# 
 (C sharp major) Well, you're gonna meet that hypocrite
B 
in the by  (B major) an d by
C# 
The first  (C sharp major) thing you know,
he'll start to signify
Then the next thing you know,
B 
Db 
B 
 (B major) he'll start  (D flat major) to  slip and  (B major) slide
Db 
You call  (D flat major) him by his name,
C 
he's gonna turn  (C major) and hide
A 
D 
 (A major) Why don't  (D major) you swing down,
sweet child, stop it, let me ride
A 
Why don't you swing  (A major) down,
sweet child, stop it, let me ride
D 
G 
 (D major) Rock me Lord,  (G major) rock me Lord,
D 
come  (D major) and ease me
E 
A 
 (E major) I  got a home on the oth (A major) er side
D 
Why don't  (D major) you swing down,
sweet child, love me
A 
Let me ride, won't you swing  (A major) down,
sweet child, love me
Let me ride
D 
G 
 (D major) Rock me Lord,  (G major) rock me Lord,
D 
come  (D major) and ease me
E 
A 
 (E major) I got a home on  (A major) the other side
D 
 (D major) 