Intro 
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[Verso 1]

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She used to say she was an orphan, never was exactly the truth 
                                                    A 
It’s just her mother got tired tired of her hanging around 
       D 
So she wound up living in a home for girls 
  G                      D 
A straight hair kid in a house full of curls 
                      A               D 
A straight haired kid always hanging around 


[Refrão]


D                     G         D 
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot 
                    A        D 
She’s coming for to carry me home 


[Verso 2]

 
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So the first chance she got she said I do to a tall town boy who said me too 
                                                                  A 
Honorable mention all district quarterback he said I’ll carry you away 
             D                                           G 
She left him drunk on a stool in a county line bar going on about high school 
D                                     A                     D 
How he was a star she just got tired, tired of him hanging around 


[Refrão]


D                     G         D 
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot 
                    A        D 
She’s coming for to carry me home 



[Verso 1]

          G                                  D 
She got a job at a Dairy Queen, had two baby boys two more diamond rings 
                       A             D 
The husbands they were brave but she split that one horse town 
         G                    D                         A         D 
Just got tired all the people hanging around split that one horse town 


Instrumental 
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[Verso 1]


D                                               G 
Well now she lives outside LA with a broke down baseball player 
        D                                             A 
Used to play double A, religious man, never drinks or swears 
          D 
But she’s tired of all the talk about her getting saved 
G                                D 
Tired of all the talk about revelation days 
             A                     D 
She’s tired, tired of him hanging around 


[Refrão]


D                     G         D 
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot 
                    A        D 
She’s coming for to carry me home 

 
D                     G         D 
She’d sing swing low, sweet chariot 
                    A        D 
She’s coming for to carry me home 


Outro 
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