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<div class="title">Swing Low Sweet Chariot</div>
<div class="subtitle">Traditional</div>
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<td> </td><td>D </td><td>G </td><td>D </td>
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<td>Swing </td><td>low, sweet </td><td>chari</td><td>ot,</td>
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<td> </td><td>A7 </td>
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<td>Comin’ for to carry me </td><td>home.</td>
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<td> </td><td>D7 </td><td>G </td><td>D </td>
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<td>Swing </td><td>low, sweet </td><td>chari</td><td>ot,</td>
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<td> </td><td>A7 </td><td>D </td>
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<td>Comin’ for to </td><td>carry me </td><td>home.</td>
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<td> </td><td>D </td><td>G </td><td>D </td>
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<td>I </td><td>looked over Jordan, and </td><td>what did I </td><td>see,</td>
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<td> </td><td>A7 </td>
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<td class="indent">“Comin’ for to carry me </td><td>home.”</td>
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<td> </td><td>D7 </td><td>G </td><td>D </td>
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<td>A </td><td>band of angels </td><td>comin’ after </td><td>me,</td>
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<td> </td><td>A7 </td><td>D </td><td>G </td><td>D </td><td>G </td>
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<td class="indent">Comin’ for to </td><td>carry me </td><td>home. </td><td class="indent"></td><td class="indent"></td><td></td>
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<div class="comment"><span>Chorus</span></div>
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<td>If you get there before I do,</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td class="indent">Comin’ for to carry me home.</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td>Just tell my friends that I’m a comin’ too.</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td class="indent">Comin’ for to carry me home.</td>
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<div class="comment"><span>Chorus</span></div>
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<td> </td>
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<td>I’m sometimes up and sometimes down,</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td class="indent">Comin’ for to carry me home.</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td>But still my soul feels heavenly bound.</td>
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<td> </td>
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<td class="indent">Comin’ for to carry me home.</td>
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<div class="comment"><span>Chorus</span></div>
<div class="comment_italic"><span>And a final chorus</span></div>
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