Harriet Tubman
John McCutcheon
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Em One night I dreamed I was in slaveryAm C D Bm Em 'Bout 1850 was the timeG B7 Sorrow was the only signAm C D Bm Em Nothing around to ease my mindEm Out of the night, there came a ladyAm C D Bm Em Leading a distant Pilgrim bandG B7 "First mate" she cried, pointing her handAm C D Bm "Make room on board for thisEm young man" [Chorus]Em She said come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineEm Come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineD C She said her name was Harriet TubmanG B7 D Bm And she drove for the undergroundEm railroad [Verse 2]Em Hundreds of miles we traveled onwardAm C D Bm Em Gathering slaves from town to townG B7 Seeking every lost and foundAm C D Bm Setting those free that once wereEm boundEm Finally, my heart was growing weakerAm C D Bm Em I fell by the wayside's sinking sandContinues after the adG B7 Firmly did this woman standAm C D Bm She lifted me up and she took myEm hand [Chorus]Em And she said, come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineEm Come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mine [Break]G Who are these children dressed inB7 red?Em C D Bm They must be the ones that MosesEm led.G Who are these children dressed inB7 red?Em C D They must be the ones that SisterBm Em Moses led. [Chorus]Em She said, come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineEm Come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineD C She said her name was Harriet TubmanG B7 D Bm And she drove for the undergroundEm railroad [Verse 3]Em Then I awoke, no more I falteredAm C D Bm Gathering strength from theEm tasks we're shownG B7 Sister's and brothers fleeing their homesAm C D Their history, their families,Bm Em all they've knownEm They are fleeing their homes in GuatemalaAm C D Bm Em Chile, Brazil, El SalvadorG B7 Fleeing from the prisons and warAm C D Thru the night and thru Mexico toBm Em our door [Chorus]Em Will we say come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mineEm Come on up, I got a lifelineAm C D Bm Em Come on up to this train of mine [Break]G Who are these children dressed inB7 red?Em C D Bm They must be the ones that MosesEm led.G Who are these children dressed inB7 red?Em C D They must be the ones that SisterBm Em Moses led. [Tag]Am D Em You got to follow the drinking gourdAm D Em You got to follow the drinking gourdAm Bm Em You got to follow the drinking gourd