Chords for Norman & Nancy Blake play "Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel"
Tempo:
104.9 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] I'm a gonna sing [Ab] you a brand [Eb] new song, a song [Bb] that's true for certain.
Can't live [Ab] high, but [Gm] get [Bb] by and get on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your [Ab] overcoat and [Eb] roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, the public [Ab] schools and [Eb] the highways are [C] raising quiet and alarm.
[Eb] Get a country [Ab] man educated just [Bb] a little and he ain't gonna [Eb] work on the farm.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I don't know, but I believe I'm right.
The [Bb] autumn rain, the country [Eb] oil,
let's [Ab] go back to the horse [Eb] and buggy just to try and save some money.
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I know a man, an evangelist, the [Bb] tabernacle's always full.
And people will [Ab] come [Eb] from miles [Bb] around to hear [Eb] him shoot his bow.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm [Bb] a hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off [Ab] your overcoat [Eb] and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
You may talk about [Ab] your [Eb] evangelist, talk [Bb] about Mr.
Gordon,
but [Eb] will the Henrys shake it more hell out of [Bb] folks than all the [Eb] evangelists do?
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] It's gonna rain 40 days, rain [Eb] 40 nights, rain on [Bb] Allegheny Mountain,
[Eb] rain 40 horses [Ab] and a [Eb] dumber necromuse [Bb] gonna take us on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
All right.
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Gm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] I'm a gonna sing [Ab] you a brand [Eb] new song, a song [Bb] that's true for certain.
Can't live [Ab] high, but [Gm] get [Bb] by and get on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your [Ab] overcoat and [Eb] roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, the public [Ab] schools and [Eb] the highways are [C] raising quiet and alarm.
[Eb] Get a country [Ab] man educated just [Bb] a little and he ain't gonna [Eb] work on the farm.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I don't know, but I believe I'm right.
The [Bb] autumn rain, the country [Eb] oil,
let's [Ab] go back to the horse [Eb] and buggy just to try and save some money.
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [F]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I know a man, an evangelist, the [Bb] tabernacle's always full.
And people will [Ab] come [Eb] from miles [Bb] around to hear [Eb] him shoot his bow.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm [Bb] a hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off [Ab] your overcoat [Eb] and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
You may talk about [Ab] your [Eb] evangelist, talk [Bb] about Mr.
Gordon,
but [Eb] will the Henrys shake it more hell out of [Bb] folks than all the [Eb] evangelists do?
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [C]
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] It's gonna rain 40 days, rain [Eb] 40 nights, rain on [Bb] Allegheny Mountain,
[Eb] rain 40 horses [Ab] and a [Eb] dumber necromuse [Bb] gonna take us on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
All right.
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
C
Eb
Bb
Ab
_ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] I'm a gonna sing [Ab] you a brand [Eb] new song, a song [Bb] that's true for certain.
Can't live [Ab] high, but [Gm] get [Bb] by and get on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your [Ab] overcoat and [Eb] roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, the public [Ab] schools and [Eb] the highways are [C] raising quiet and alarm.
[Eb] Get a country [Ab] man educated just [Bb] a little and he ain't gonna [Eb] work on the farm.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
I don't know, but I believe I'm right.
The [Bb] autumn rain, the country [Eb] oil,
let's [Ab] go back to the horse [Eb] and buggy just to try and save some money.
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
I know a man, an evangelist, the [Bb] tabernacle's always full.
And people will [Ab] come [Eb] from miles [Bb] around to hear [Eb] him shoot his bow.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm [Bb] a hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off [Ab] your overcoat [Eb] and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
You may talk about [Ab] your [Eb] evangelist, talk [Bb] about Mr.
Gordon,
but [Eb] will the Henrys shake it more hell out of [Bb] folks than all the [Eb] evangelists do?
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] It's gonna rain 40 days, rain [Eb] 40 nights, rain on [Bb] Allegheny Mountain,
[Eb] rain 40 horses [Ab] and a [Eb] dumber necromuse [Bb] gonna take us on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ All right. _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] I'm a gonna sing [Ab] you a brand [Eb] new song, a song [Bb] that's true for certain.
Can't live [Ab] high, but [Gm] get [Bb] by and get on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your [Ab] overcoat and [Eb] roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, the public [Ab] schools and [Eb] the highways are [C] raising quiet and alarm.
[Eb] Get a country [Ab] man educated just [Bb] a little and he ain't gonna [Eb] work on the farm.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
I don't know, but I believe I'm right.
The [Bb] autumn rain, the country [Eb] oil,
let's [Ab] go back to the horse [Eb] and buggy just to try and save some money.
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
I know a man, an evangelist, the [Bb] tabernacle's always full.
And people will [Ab] come [Eb] from miles [Bb] around to hear [Eb] him shoot his bow.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm [Bb] a hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off [Ab] your overcoat [Eb] and roll up your sleeves, [Bb] Jordan, I'm a hard road [Eb] to travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb]
You may talk about [Ab] your [Eb] evangelist, talk [Bb] about Mr.
Gordon,
but [Eb] will the Henrys shake it more hell out of [Bb] folks than all the [Eb] evangelists do?
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] It's gonna rain 40 days, rain [Eb] 40 nights, rain on [Bb] Allegheny Mountain,
[Eb] rain 40 horses [Ab] and a [Eb] dumber necromuse [Bb] gonna take us on the other [Eb] side of Jordan.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
Oh, pull off your [Ab] overcoat and roll [Eb] up your sleeves, Jordan, I'm a [Bb] hard road to travel.
[Eb] Pull off your overcoat and roll up your [Bb] sleeves, Jordan, I'm a hard road to [Eb] travel, I believe.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ All right. _