Chords for The Bishops - Travellin' Shoes

_ _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, dead come a-knockin' at my mother's door He said, come on, mother, ain't [D#m] you ready to [G] go?
Well, my [D#] mother bent down [F#] and she buggered up her shoes And [D#m] she shouted, hallelujah, [G] and she began to move
[G#] And then she moved [D#m] on down by the Jordan stream And then she shouted, [F#] hallelujah, I've been [D#] redeemed
Because I [F#] done done my [B] duty, got on my travelin' shoes
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ Good Lord, I'm [F#] so _ _ dead, _ _ _ come a-knockin' at my _ _ father's door
I turned and said, come on, father, ain't you ready to go?
He said, yes, good Lord, he said, yes, yes
I done done my duty, [G] got on my travelin' [F#] shoes _ _ _ Have mercy on my soul
Oh, dead _ _ _ come a-knockin' at that old sinner man's door I turned and said, come on, sinner, ain't you ready to go?
[C] Well, he waited in the water bottom, that anchor deep And the water [F#] started lapping the boat around his knees
And I heard him say, [F#m] Lord, I don't [F#] wanna die And the water started lapping the boat around his thighs
And I heard him say, Lord, why don't you just let me [B] live?
And the water started lapping the boat [N] around his ribs
And old Ethel Raffi Mandi, he shoved him in And the water [F#] started lapping the boat around his chin
He said, no, God knows that I don't wanna go Because I ain't got my travelin' shoes
Lord, I ain't done my duty, _ ain't got my _ _ _ _ travelin' _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ Shoes
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