Go down, Moses

q = c. 95 Negro spiritual

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Refrain
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G‹ C‹ D G‹

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      

     
Go down, Mo - ses, way down in E - gypt’s land

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E¨ C‹ D G‹
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5
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Fine

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Tell ol’ Pha - ra - oh to let my peo -ple go.

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Verse G‹ D G‹ D G‹

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solo chorus D.C.

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When Is - rael was in E - gypt’s land,
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Op - press’d so hard they could not stand,
“Thus spoke the Lord”, bold Mo - ses said,
2. let my peo - ple go.

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“If not I’ll smite your first - born dead”,
“No more shall they in bond - age toil”,

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3.
“Let them come out with E - gypt’s spoil”,

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