Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Composed after 1865 by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman; the Fisk Jubilee Singers carried it through America and Europe. Jordan stood for freedom.
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C Am G
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C G C
Coming for to carry he home
C F C
I looked over Jordan and what did I see
C Am G
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
A band of angels coming after me
C G C
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C Am G
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C G C
Coming for to carry he home
C F C
If you get there before I do,
C Am G
Comin' for to carry me home.
C F C
Tell my friends that I'm a comin' too.
C G C
Comin' for to carry me home.
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C Am G
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C G C
Coming for to carry he home
C F C
I'm sometimes up and sometimes down,
C Am G
Comin' for to carry me home.
C F C
But still my soul feels heavenly bound.
C G C
Comin' for to carry me home.
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C Am G
Coming for to carry me home
C F C
Swing low, sweet chariot
C G C
Coming for to carry he home