Chords for Johnny Cash - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Tempo:
95.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
E
A
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] I've [Dm] known a lot of people and I'm sure you [G] have maybe you're one of them that [Em] works hard
Just about every [C] day with their [Am] life.
I mean
[Dm] [G] Backbreaking work where you get your hands dirty
Well, [C] it's a sweet thought to think that there's got to be [Em] something a little better after this life is over than hard [Dm] work
And a little [G] over a hundred years ago down in the south on [Em] a plantation a [Am] slave
Was sitting on his cotton sack [Dm] one day when his master came up and said, what are you [F] doing?
And he said I was picking [G] along on my row and the prettiest words and the prettiest [C] music
started coming to my head and
I had the sweetest vision of a chariot coming down to take me away to a better life
And he stood up for the first time and sang well, I'd looked over Jordan and what did I see?
Coming for to carry [G] me home
There [Am] was a band of angels
[F] Coming after [C]
me coming [Fm] for [C] to carry [G]
me [C] home
Swing low sweet
[F] [C] Chariot coming for to carry [G] me home [C] Swing low [F] Sweet [C] chariot
Coming for to [G] carry [C] me home
[Ab] [Db] I'm sometimes up [Gb] and I'm [Db] sometimes down
coming for to carry [Ab] me home
But [Db] I know my soul [Gb] is [Db] heavenly bound
Coming for to [Ab] carry [Db] me [A] home [D] Swing low [G] Sweet [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [A] me home
[D] Swing low [G] Sweet [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [Em] [D] me home
[Bb] If [Gm] you [Eb] get there [Ab] before I [Eb] do
Coming for to carry me [Bb]
home
Tell [Cm] all my friends I said [Ab] I'm coming to
[Eb] Come [Ab] for [Bb] to carry me home
[Eb] [B] [E] Swing low Sweet [A] [E] chariot
Coming for to carry [B] me home [E] Swing low [A] Sweet [E] chariot
Coming [A] for to [B] carry [E] me home
Swing low [A] Sweet [E] chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Carry [B] me home.
[E] Swing me over the [A] green [E] fairy island.
I'm gonna [A] carry [B] you [E] home.
[A] [E]
Just about every [C] day with their [Am] life.
I mean
[Dm] [G] Backbreaking work where you get your hands dirty
Well, [C] it's a sweet thought to think that there's got to be [Em] something a little better after this life is over than hard [Dm] work
And a little [G] over a hundred years ago down in the south on [Em] a plantation a [Am] slave
Was sitting on his cotton sack [Dm] one day when his master came up and said, what are you [F] doing?
And he said I was picking [G] along on my row and the prettiest words and the prettiest [C] music
started coming to my head and
I had the sweetest vision of a chariot coming down to take me away to a better life
And he stood up for the first time and sang well, I'd looked over Jordan and what did I see?
Coming for to carry [G] me home
There [Am] was a band of angels
[F] Coming after [C]
me coming [Fm] for [C] to carry [G]
me [C] home
Swing low sweet
[F] [C] Chariot coming for to carry [G] me home [C] Swing low [F] Sweet [C] chariot
Coming for to [G] carry [C] me home
[Ab] [Db] I'm sometimes up [Gb] and I'm [Db] sometimes down
coming for to carry [Ab] me home
But [Db] I know my soul [Gb] is [Db] heavenly bound
Coming for to [Ab] carry [Db] me [A] home [D] Swing low [G] Sweet [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [A] me home
[D] Swing low [G] Sweet [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [Em] [D] me home
[Bb] If [Gm] you [Eb] get there [Ab] before I [Eb] do
Coming for to carry me [Bb]
home
Tell [Cm] all my friends I said [Ab] I'm coming to
[Eb] Come [Ab] for [Bb] to carry me home
[Eb] [B] [E] Swing low Sweet [A] [E] chariot
Coming for to carry [B] me home [E] Swing low [A] Sweet [E] chariot
Coming [A] for to [B] carry [E] me home
Swing low [A] Sweet [E] chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Carry [B] me home.
[E] Swing me over the [A] green [E] fairy island.
I'm gonna [A] carry [B] you [E] home.
[A] [E]
Key:
G
C
E
A
Ab
G
C
E
[Em] _ _ _ _ I've [Dm] known a lot of people and I'm sure you [G] have maybe you're one of them that [Em] works hard
Just about every [C] day with their [Am] life.
I mean
[Dm] [G] Backbreaking work where you get your hands dirty
Well, [C] it's a sweet thought to think that there's got to be [Em] something a little better after this life is over than hard [Dm] work
And a little [G] over a hundred years ago down in the south on [Em] a plantation a [Am] slave
Was sitting on his cotton sack [Dm] one day when his master came up and said, what are you [F] doing?
And he said I was picking [G] along on my row and the prettiest words and the prettiest [C] music
started coming to my head and
I had the sweetest vision of a chariot coming down to take me away to a better life
And he stood up for the first time and sang well, I'd looked over Jordan and what did I see?
_ Coming for to carry [G] me home
There [Am] was a band of angels
[F] Coming after [C]
me _ coming [Fm] for [C] to carry [G]
me [C] home
_ Swing low _ sweet
[F] _ [C] Chariot coming for to carry [G] me home [C] Swing low _ [F] Sweet _ [C] chariot
Coming for to [G] carry [C] me home
[Ab] _ [Db] I'm sometimes up [Gb] and I'm [Db] sometimes down
coming for to carry [Ab] me home
But [Db] I know my soul [Gb] is [Db] heavenly bound
Coming for to [Ab] carry [Db] me [A] home [D] Swing low _ [G] Sweet _ [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [A] me home
[D] Swing low _ [G] Sweet _ [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [Em] [D] me home
_ [Bb] If [Gm] you [Eb] get there [Ab] before I [Eb] do
_ Coming for to carry me [Bb]
home
_ Tell [Cm] all my friends I said [Ab] I'm coming to
[Eb] _ _ Come [Ab] for [Bb] to carry me home
[Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] Swing low _ Sweet [A] _ _ [E] chariot
Coming for to carry [B] me home _ [E] Swing low _ [A] Sweet _ [E] chariot
Coming [A] for to [B] carry [E] me home
_ Swing low _ [A] Sweet _ [E] chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Carry [B] me home.
[E] Swing me over the [A] green [E] fairy island.
I'm gonna _ [A] carry [B] you _ _ [E] home.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Just about every [C] day with their [Am] life.
I mean
[Dm] [G] Backbreaking work where you get your hands dirty
Well, [C] it's a sweet thought to think that there's got to be [Em] something a little better after this life is over than hard [Dm] work
And a little [G] over a hundred years ago down in the south on [Em] a plantation a [Am] slave
Was sitting on his cotton sack [Dm] one day when his master came up and said, what are you [F] doing?
And he said I was picking [G] along on my row and the prettiest words and the prettiest [C] music
started coming to my head and
I had the sweetest vision of a chariot coming down to take me away to a better life
And he stood up for the first time and sang well, I'd looked over Jordan and what did I see?
_ Coming for to carry [G] me home
There [Am] was a band of angels
[F] Coming after [C]
me _ coming [Fm] for [C] to carry [G]
me [C] home
_ Swing low _ sweet
[F] _ [C] Chariot coming for to carry [G] me home [C] Swing low _ [F] Sweet _ [C] chariot
Coming for to [G] carry [C] me home
[Ab] _ [Db] I'm sometimes up [Gb] and I'm [Db] sometimes down
coming for to carry [Ab] me home
But [Db] I know my soul [Gb] is [Db] heavenly bound
Coming for to [Ab] carry [Db] me [A] home [D] Swing low _ [G] Sweet _ [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [A] me home
[D] Swing low _ [G] Sweet _ [D] chariot
Coming for to carry [Em] [D] me home
_ [Bb] If [Gm] you [Eb] get there [Ab] before I [Eb] do
_ Coming for to carry me [Bb]
home
_ Tell [Cm] all my friends I said [Ab] I'm coming to
[Eb] _ _ Come [Ab] for [Bb] to carry me home
[Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] Swing low _ Sweet [A] _ _ [E] chariot
Coming for to carry [B] me home _ [E] Swing low _ [A] Sweet _ [E] chariot
Coming [A] for to [B] carry [E] me home
_ Swing low _ [A] Sweet _ [E] chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Carry [B] me home.
[E] Swing me over the [A] green [E] fairy island.
I'm gonna _ [A] carry [B] you _ _ [E] home.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _