[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Why dont you swing down, sweet chariot?
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Swing down, chariot
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
Well, I got a home on the other side
~#**************#~
Why dont you swing down, sweet chariot?
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Swing down, chariot
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
Well, I got a home on the other side
~#**************#~
[Break]
~#**************#~
Well, well
~#**************#~
Well, well, well, well
~#**************#~
[Verse 1]
~#**************#~
Ezekiel went down in the middle of a field
~#**************#~
He saw an angel working on a chariot wheel
~#**************#~
Wasnt so particular bout the chariot wheel
~#**************#~
Just wanted to see how a chariot feel
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Why dont you swing down, sweet chariot?
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Swing down, chariot
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
Well, I got a home on the other side
~#**************#~
[Break]
~#**************#~
Well, well
~#**************#~
Well
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
Ezekiel went down, and he got on board
~#**************#~
Chariot went a-bumping on down the road
~#**************#~
Zeke wasnt so particular bout the bumping of the road
~#**************#~
Just wanted to lay down his heavy load
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Why dont you swing down, sweet chariot?
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Swing down, chariot
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
Well, I got a home on the other side
~#**************#~
[Verse 3]
~#**************#~
Well, I got a Father in the promised land
~#**************#~
Aint gonna stop till I shake His hand
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
I got a home on the other side
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Why dont you swing down, sweet chariot?
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Swing down, chariot
~#**************#~
Stop and let me ride
~#**************#~
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord
~#**************#~
Calm and easy
~#**************#~
Well, I got a home on the other side