Chords for I Stood On The Banks Of Jordan

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_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] I _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ stood on [F] the banks _ _ of [C] Jordan one day _ [G] _ [C] just to see _ the ships _ [F] go [C] _ sailing _ [Bm] _ away.
[Am] _ I stood on the [C] banks of [F] _ Jordan, yes [C] I did, just [F] to see the _ ships go [C] _ by. _
_ _ I _ _ _ stood [F] on the banks _ [C] of Jordan, [C] thank God, just to see the _ ships [Am] go [C] _ sailing [Bm] away.
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[Gm] I stood on [C] the banks [F] _ [Dm] of Jordan one [C] day, my Lord, [F] just to see the _ [Am] old ship go [C] _ _ _
by.
And when I saw it I said, _ _ Lord, _ _ I've got my ticket. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Please don't leave me down here.
_ _ _ [Bm] You _ [E] took my [Bm] father, _ [Am] my _ _
[Gm] _ mother, _ [F] you took [C] everything from [G] me that [C] was so dear.
[F] And [Am] all you [C] do was stand [F] there on the banks [C] of Jordan.
Mother was going home.
Just to see the ships _ [Am] go by.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ I stood on the [F] banks [Am] of Jordan, [C] Lord have mercy, I [F] had to see her _ _ go [C] _ _ by.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I know she's waiting _ and watching. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ I told her I'd be home [C] after a while. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] Those [E] were the [Em] last [Am] words I ever [G] told my mother.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] And she went on to glory with a smile.
[F] And all I could [C] do was _ stand [F] there _ on the banks of [C] Jordan.
My heart was heavy.
Just to see the ships go _ [F] _ _ [C] sailing [E] away.
My [Bm] Lord, _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] I stood there on the [F] banks of Jordan.
[C] God knows I did.
I [F] had to see the [Cm] _ [Am] old ship _ [C] go by. _
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Lord, _ I've sure got my ticket.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
It's stamped [C] for glory [A] land.
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[E] Old ship, _ [Am] _ believe me, [G] _ _ [F] it's the only [C] transportation.
I [G] got too [C] long. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Just stood [F] there [Cm] on the jam.
[F] _ [C] Why don't you join in and help me sing it, church?
_ Just to see the ships go [Am] _ _ [C] sailing [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] away. _ _ _
[Gm] I stood there [F] on the banks of Jordan. _
[E] Yes, I did.
[F] To see _ _ the ships [C] go by. _
_ _ _ [F] Lord, _ I _ want to see the ships [C] go by.
_ And even hear children go [F] along.
I see that ship go by.
Oh, yes, I do.
[Am] [C] Every week I saw it standing by the bridge.
Oh, Lord.
[F] To see somebody's ship _ _ _ [C] go by. _
Hey, hey, hey, [F] hey, hey, hey.
To see somebody's ship _ go [C] by. _ _
_ _ [G] Lord, to [Cm] see the ship _ go [Gm] by. _
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