Name: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Duration: P00H10M39S
Description: Extended CD version

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

from The Story Of The Tune by Larry Norman

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Swing low sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home [x2]

Well I looked over Jordan
And what did I see
(Coming for to carry me home)
A band of angels coming after me
(Coming for to carry me home)

Swing low sweet chariot
(Coming for to carry me home) [x2]

Well if you get up there before I do
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my brothers and sisters
I'll be coming there too
Coming for to carry me home, yeah

(Shoodup an’ do it up)
(Shoodup an’ bang bang) [x2]

Swing low sweet chariot (Shoodup an’ do it up, shoodup an’ bang bang)
Coming for to carry me home (Shoodup an’ do it up, shoodup an’ bang bang)
Wa ah ah ah ah ah oh sweet chariot (Oh oh oh oh)
Coming for to carry me home (Oh ho ho ho)

Well I looked over Jordan (Ah-ah ha ha)
And what did I see (Ah-ah ha ha)
Coming for to carry me home (Wo-oh wo-oh oh oh oh)
I saw a band of angels (Ah-ah ha ha) coming after me (Ah-ah ha ha)
Coming for to carry me home Eh-ye-ye-ye-yeah

Well, swing low sweet chariot
Swing low, swing low

Swing low sweet chariot (Shoodup an’ do it up, shoodup an’ bang bang)
Coming for to carry me home (Shoodup an’ do it up, shoodup an’ bang bang)
Swing low sweet chariot (Oh oh oh oh)
Coming for to carry me home (Oh ho ho oh)
Yeah yeah yeah (Ooh ooh-ee-ooh ooh) yeah yeah (Ooh ooh-ee-ooh)
Wo oh oh oh (Ah ah ah ah-ah ah)
Wo oh oh oh (Ah ah ah ah-ah ah ah-ah)

Yeah eheh a hoo hoo hoo ooh ooh ooh eh yea-eh
Ah-ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah

(???) I’ll look up one night
(???) And what will I see
(???) Something in the sky
(???) Coming after me

(Ah-ah ah ah)
Swing low (Sim-d-d-d sim-d-d-d sim-d-d-d-dip dip dip)

(Sim-d-d-d sim-d-d-d sim-d-d-d-dip dip dip) [x3]

(Ooh ooh)
(Ah ah ah ah wa ah ah)

I'm sometimes up (Ah ah ah ah wa ah ah) (Ooh ooh)
I'm sometimes down (Wa-ah) (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Sometimes I feel (Ooh) (Wee-oop dee-ooh)
Like I'm on the ground (Ooh ooh ooh) (Wee-oop dee-ooh)
(Ooh ooh) (Wee-oop dee-ooh) Swing low sweet chariot (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh) (Wee-oop dee-ooh) Swing low (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
(Wee-oop dee-ooh) Take us all home (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
(Wee-oop dee-ooh) Take us all home (Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)

(Ah ah ah ah ah) Swing low sweet chariot (Wee-oop dee-ooh) (Wee-oop dee-ooh) (Aah aah)
Come on down and take us all home (Aah aah)
Swing low sweet chariot (Aah aah)
Come on down and take us all home (Aah aah)
In the still of the night (Aah aah)

I looked over Jordan
And what did I see
Coming for to carry me home
A pick up truck full of white folks
Coming after me
Coming for to carry me home

(Ooh ooh ooh) I work all day and half the night
(Ooh ooh) Raised as a slave
Because I’m not white
That ain’t right
That ain’t right
Swing low sweet chariot
And take us all home
Take us all home
(Aah ah-ha)
(Aah ah-ha)
(Aah ah-ha)
(Aah ah-ha)
(Aah ah-ha)

OK Alex cut ‘em off

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from The Story Of The Tune, released January 1, 1983

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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