Going Down Jordan

             C                     

                 F

We are going down, Jordan, we are 
going down, Jordan,

            C                      

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    C

we are going down, Jordan, let's 
walk the heavenly road !



             C

1. I was livin' me life as an 
Anglican,

               G                   

                    C

    let me tell you how I changed to
 a Baptist man.

              C

    I was livin' me life as an 
Anglican,

               G                   

                    C

    let me tell you how I changed to
 a Baptist man.



             C                     

               F

    One night I was walking down 
Fred'rick street,

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  C

    poor and hungry, no shoes on me 
feet.

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        F

    I passed a door that said "Down 
with sin",

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           C

    it was the smell of food that 
pull me in. We are ...



  C                                

       F

Going down, Jordan, we are going 
down, Jordan,

            C                      

                           G       

    C

we are going down, Jordan, let's 
walk the heavenly road !



+  All together, Children !    + 
CHORUS



+  Once again,  now !   + CHORUS



                   C

2. Well, the leader walked up and he
 shook my hand,

                 G                 

      C

    said, "I want you to be a holy 
man."

                 C

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    Right away I made a big 
decision,

            G                      

                      C

    me stomach was a growling for 
this new religion.



         C                   F

    I started over to get some food,

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                           C

    when some sisters approached me 
in a mystic mood.

              C                    

                     F

    They dunked me in the water 
'bout four, five times,

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                   C

    I couldn't see a thing 'cause I 
was almost blind.



                 - C

    Singing,         I've got a 
sword in my hand,

     C                 G        C

    I'm going to use it well. 
Deliver me !

      C

    I've got a sword in my hand, 
Hallelujah !

     C                G        C

    I'm going to use it well.



               C

3. I was drenched to me skin and I 
was feeling cold,

                G                  

                   C

    but the sight of the food made 
me take a hold.

           C

    The sisters started to break 
away,

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             C

    they said, "Kneel, believers, 
kneel and pray!"



         C                         

        F

    I prayed and I prayed in a 
new-found style,

                G                  

                     C

    in the meantime me taste buds 
was running wild.

                 C                 

    F

    I was about to fall clear out of
 me seat,

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                       C

    when a man jumped up and said, 
"Before you eat!"  You got to ...



   C                               

                   F

Mourn, children, mourn, you got to 
mourn, children, mourn,

                 C

and if you want to go to Heaven when
 you die,

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        C

you got to mourn, children, mourn !



+  All together, now !    + CHORUS



+  Once again, now !   + CHORUS



                 C

4. Well, before I baptized I had 
plenty pain,

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      C

    now I find myself a free man 
again.

                C

    Well, before I baptized I had 
plenty pain,

              G                    

      C

    now I find myself a free man 
again.



             C                     

                 F

    Don't talk 'bout the leaders, 
they treat me good,

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   C

    plenty sweet oil and plenty 
food.

            C                      

           F

    My brother, it was then that I 
realized.

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          C

    ev'ry man on earth should be 
baptized. ‘Cause ...



  C                                

       F

Going down, Jordan, we are going 
down, Jordan,

            C                      

                           G       

    C