Jordan - The Stanley Brothers

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[Verse 1]

Oh come and as

 you tread lif

e's journey
      
Take Jesus as 

your daily gui

de
              
Though you may

              
 feel pure and

 
 saintly
            
Without Him wa

             
lkin by your s

#
ide
    
But when you c

ome to make th

e crossing
              
At the ending 

              
of His pilgrim

 
 way
              
If you ever wi

            
ll meet our Sa

vior
            
You'll surely 

              
meet him on th

   
at day

[Chorus]
              
(Now look at t

     
hat) cold Jord

an
              
(Look at its) 

    
deep waters
              
(Look at that)

       
 wide river
            
Oh hear the mi

            
ghty billows r


oll
              
(You’d better 

       
take) Jesus wi

th you
            
(He's a) true 

    
companion
              
(For I'm) sure

      
 without Him
            
That you never

            
 will make it 


o'er

[Verse 2]

That awful day

 of judgment
    
Is comin' in t

he by and by
              
We'll see our 

           
Lord descendin

g
            
In Glory from 

   
on high
   
Oh let us keep

 in touch with

 Jesus
              
And in his pre

           
cious love abi

de
              
We may be ever

        
 caught ready
            
When he calls 

              
us over Jordan

   
's tide

[Chorus]
              
(Now look at t

     
hat) cold Jord

an
              
(Look at its) 

    
deep waters
              
(Look at that)

       
 wide river
            
Oh hear the mi

            
ghty billows r


oll
              
(You’d better 

       
take) Jesus wi

th you
            
(He's a) true 

    
companion
              
(For I'm) sure

      
 without Him
            
That you never

            
 will make it 


o'er

[Outro]
 
(Oh what) oh w

hat you gonna 

do
            
(Oh what) oh w

              
hat you gonna 


say
              
(Oh how) oh ho

            
w you gonna fe

el
            
When you come 

            
to the end of 

    
the way

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