Misc Originals – Carden Bozeman - Swear Well Pray (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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As I went down in the river to pray,
Studying about that good old way, And who shall wear the starry crown, Good Lord, show me the way.
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O brothers, let's go down,
Let's go down, come on down, O brothers, let's go down, Down in the river to pray. [Verse 1]
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As I went down in the river to pray,

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Studying about that good old way,

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And who shall wear the starry crown,

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Good Lord, show me the way.

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O brothers, let's go down,

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Let's go down, come on down,

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O brothers, let's go down,

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Down in the river to pray.
[Verse 2]
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Let's get down in the river and pray

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Swim a little, fish a little, run away

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And Lord I swear we'll pray well do it today

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Lord we'll pray

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Good Lord I'll say that we will pray

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And Lord please show the good 'ole way

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Oh Lord at the end of the day

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I swear we'll pray it away
[Verse 3]
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The boys and me we're gonna run away

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Got bigger and better things to say

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To the mountain tops, the river beds,

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Oh Lord take us away

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Oh Lord let us run away

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We'll pray I swear when we run away

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Oh Lord take us away

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Out of the city to pray
[Verse 4]
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Throw it in the river and pray

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You don't need that chain today

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I swear boy you don't need that chain today

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Throw it away

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The Devil send those chains our way

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His goal of course to ruin our days

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He wants to chain us down today

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So go down to the river and pray
[Verse 5]
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The devil don't call us by our name 

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He calls us by the sins we make 

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And he will see the war ain't won that way

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Love wins today

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I aint a sum of my mistakes

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We grow and learn and lose that hate

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I ain't a sum of my mistakes 

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And my Lord loves me that way
[Verse 6]
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Well Lord one day I swear one day

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Well be called to the pearly gates

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Oh Lord I pray you'll let us in one day

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Lord allow us in the gates

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Oh Lord call us home today

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We've been thru the weary way

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Oh Lord call us home today

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Down in your river to pray