Swing low sweet chariot Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays577

Swing low sweet chariot by Eric Clapton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E / / / A / / / E / / / B / / / 
 
second time, play chords 
 
E / / / A / E / / / B / E / / / 
 
with 
 
   E                            A                E 
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E                 B              E 
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       E           A       
Swing low, sweet chariot 
E                      B 
Comin' for to carry me home... 
      E            A    E 
Swing low, sweet chariot 
E      /      B     /    E 
Comin' for to carry me home. 
 
Next verse, same chords. 
  E                      A 
I looked over Jordan and what did I see... 
E                      B  
Comin' for to carry me home... 
        E              A        /      E     / 
I saw a band of angels, coming after me... 
E      /      B     /     E     / 
Comin' for to carry me home 
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante