"Jordan River" (Original)(1968) Shirley Caesar Chords

[Am] _ [F] God bless [C] you tonight.
_ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] I come [F] from North Carolina. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Realize tonight that everybody here
didn't come from Philadelphia. _ _
[Ab] You didn't come from [Eb] Washington either.
[Ab] All the saints [Eb] tonight are joining with us
and help [Eb] us to sing the old time [Ab] way.
[Eb] The way we used to sing a long time ago. _
A lot of people said,
Shirley, [Ab] you know I [Bbm] never dreamed
that [Eb] you'd be singing old time hymns.
But you know it's just something [Ebm] in a hymn. _
The old landmark.
[Eb] Yes it will.
And _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] then [Eb] we're going home to see [Ab] Jesus.
Just one more river.
And it'll all be over.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ Oh John [Abm] the [Ab] river
_ [Eb] I'm _ bound to [G] cross
[Cm] Oh [Eb] John [G] the _ river
[Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh John the [Ab] river
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
[G] I'm bound to cross
[Cm] _ _ I'm bound to cross
[G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Listen, _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] my mother [Ab] she'll [Eb] be waiting
[Ab] _ [Eb] But mother [Ab] can't help [Eb] me no [Gm] more
[Cm] Oh mother she'll be waiting
She can't help me no more
_ _ [Eb] Mother she'll be waiting
Mother _ can't help me no more
She can't help [Cm] me no _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [G] _ [Cm] more
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ She'll have _ to cross
_ [Cm] _ _ To [G] cross
[Ab] [Eb] Listen, my [Fm] _ _ [Eb]
[Ab] mother [Eb] she'll be waiting
[Ab] _ But [Eb] mother can't help me no more
[Cm] Oh _ mother she'll be waiting
She _ can't [Dm] help [Cm] me no more _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She'll have to cross
_ _ She'll have to [F] cross _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] She'll have [Cm] to cross
_ _ _ _ To [Eb] cross [Ab] Oh yeah
[Eb] Look at that down there.
[Ab] [Eb] King Jesus she'll be waiting
_ _ And Jesus [Fm] don't know how to [Eb] be the cross
Oh [Cm] Jesus she'll be waiting
Can I get a witness?
_ [F] _
_ _ [Cm] _ Yeah
Jesus she'll be waiting
Yeah
_ _ _ _ Jesus she'll be waiting
_ _ Can I get a witness?
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] Bless [Fm] her baby [Eb] moon _ _
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
You know it's no harm [Eb] to moon _ [G] [Cm] Yee _ _ Yeah _ _ _ _ _ _
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