Follow The Drinking Gourd Chords

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[Intro]
Em A Em x2
 
[Chorus]
Em         A        Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Em         A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
        G          D              Em           A
For the old man is comin' just to carry you to freedom
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
[Verse 1]
Em                       Em
When the sun comes back, and the first quail calls
Em         A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
        G          D              Em           A
For the old man is waiting just to carry you to freedom
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
[Chorus]
Em        A        Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
        G          D              Em           A
For the old man is comin' just to carry you to freedom
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
[Verse 2]
Em
Well the river bank makes a mighty good road
A          Em       A
The dead trees will show you the way
        G          D              Em           A
Left foot, peg foot, travelin' on
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
[Chorus]
Em        A        Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
        G          D              Em           A
For the old man is comin' just to carry you to freedom
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
[Verse 3]
Em
Now the river ends between two hills,
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinking gourd.
  G             D            Em     Bm
There's another river on the other side,
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinking gourd.
         G          D              Em           A
There's another river on the other side
 
[Chorus]
Em        A        Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
        G          D              Em           A
For the old man is comin' just to carry you to freedom
Em          A       Em
Follow the drinkin' gourd
 
Continue A, Em, A
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used to help slaves escape

It should be G D C Bm for "the old man is waiting"

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