I Stood On the Banks of the Jordan Chords by James Cleveland

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Thank you Jesus. _ _
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_ Thank you Jesus.
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_ _ [C] Thank you Jesus.
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_ _ _ _ [C] Lord help us.
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_ You know I had to stand one [C] day
_ [E] and watch [G] mother go home.
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_ _ [D] Glory to God. _
[C] _ _ I stood on the banks of
Jordan _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ watched the ship of Zion _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ go [E] sailing over. _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ Lord [F] help us. _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
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[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] Stood [Dm] on
the banks _ _ _ [C] of
Jordan one day.
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[Am] _ _ _ I stood [C] on
the banks _ _
[F] _ _ of
Jordan yes I [C] did.
_ _ Lord [F] to see _ _ _ the _ ship _ [C] go by.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I stood [F] on the banks _ _
_ of [C] Jordan _ _
thank God
to see _ _ the
_ ships _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] sailing
_ over.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] I _ stood on the [F] banks
of Jordan one day
[C] my Lord.
Lord [F] to see
_ the old ship of Zion
_ [D] _ [C] go by.
_ _ _ [Em] When I saw it [D] I said
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_ _ Lord
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I've _ _ _ [C] got my ticket _ _ _ leave.
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[G] _ _ Don't [C] leave me down here. _ _ _ _
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You took my father. _
_ _ [A] You _ came
back and got my mother.
[Gm] _
_ _ [F] You took everything _ _ [D] to me _
that [C] was so
dear and all I [D] could do
was _ [C] _ stand there
_ [F] _ _ _ on the banks [C] of Jordan. _ _
_ _ Mother was going home.
_ _ _ I saw the
ship _ [D] go by.
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[B] I _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ stood there on the
[F] banks of Jordan.
_ [C] Lord help me.
_ I had [F] to _ _ see the ships go [C] by. _
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Listen, _ _ _ _ _ _ I know she's
waiting.
_ _ _ And what?
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_ I told her
I'd be [C] home
_ _ after a while.
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_ _ _ _ Those were
the [E] last words _
I [Am] ever told my mother. _
_ [C] _ _ Yes sir. _
[F] She closed her eyes _
[D] _ and she went
on to glory [C] with a smile.
And while [F] she did
[G] all I could do [C] was
_ _ stand [F] there
_ on the banks of _ _ _ [C] Jordan.
_ Her heart was heavy
as I watched the ship _ _ go by.
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_ I [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] stood there on the
banks of [Am] Jordan. _ _
I had [F] to see _ the
ships _ _ go [C] _ by. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ Lord, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I sure got my ticket. _ _
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And it's stamped
[C] for glory land. _ _ _ _
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_ I [E] don't want
the whole ship
_ [Am] to leave me.
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_ [F] It's the only _ [G] transportation
_ I've got [G] to _
[C] _ glory land. _ _
[G] _ And Lord,
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_ _ every day [Dm] I'm standing [F] here
_ [C] on the Jordan.
Why don't you join in
and help me sing it, James? _ _ _ _
_ Destiny calls you
brother.
[F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [E] _ _ I stood _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [C] on the banks _
[F] _ of Jordan.
Oh yes, [C] I did.
Oh yes, I did.
[F] _
Oh yes, I did.
Oh yes, I did.
_ _ [D] Yeah!
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Stood [F] on the banks _ of _ _ [C] Jordan. _
My father went home one day.
_ _ _ I saw Father's ship
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ stood there
[C] _ _ [F] on the Jordan.
_ [Am] Yes, I did.
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[C] Oh, _ _ _ _ _
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[F] see, _ _ _ _
I'm gonna see
my ship [C] go by.
_ _ [Dm] Every day my friends are leaving here too.
_ [F] _ I see
that ship go by.
Oh, _ [C] yes, I did. _
Every week or so, I'm
[F] standing by the grave site.
To _ see somebody's ship, somebody's
[Dm] ship [C] go by.
_ Hey, _
[D] hey, hey,
to _ _ _ [Am] [Bb] see _ [Dm] somebody's _
ship [D] go by.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ To [F] see _
[Dm] _ _ somebody's
ship [C] go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ by. _ _
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