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C F We are going down, Jordan, we are going down, Jordan, C G 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, G C poor and hungry, no shoes on me feet. C F I passed a door that said "Down with sin", G 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 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, G C when some sisters approached me in a mystic mood. C F They dunked me in the water 'bout four, five times, G 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, G 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, G 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, C G 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, G 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, G C plenty sweet oil and plenty food. C F My brother, it was then that I realized. G C ev'ry man on earth should be baptized. ‘Cause ... 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 ! + CHORUS + Once again, now ! + CHORUS (Harry Belafonte)