River Of Jordan Chords

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River Of Jordan by Peter Paul and Mary is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Em, A, B7, G, Bm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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    D           Em           D 
 I traveled the banks of the River of Jordan 
      D             Em           A 
 To find where it flows to the sea. 
      Em          B7          Em            B7 
 I looked in the eyes of the cold and the hungry 
       Em          B7        Em 
 And I saw I was looking at me. 
    G                 Bm 
 I wanted to know if life had a purpose 
      G                        A 
 And what it all means in the end. 
         D         Em           D            Em 
 In the silence I listened to voices inside me 
           D         G         D 
 And they told me again and again. 

  
   D                 A                       D 
 There is only one river. There is only one sea. 
                       A                         D 
 And it flows through you, and it flows through me. 
                     Bm                        G 
 There is only one people. We are one and the same. 
                   E                    A 
 We are all one spirit. We are all one name. 
             D        G                   D 
 We are the father, mother, daughter and son. 
                     E              A 
 From the dawn of creation, we are one. 
         A 
 We are one. 

  
   D     Em       D            Em 
 Every blade of grass on the mountain 
   D     Em         A 
 Every drop in the sea 
   Em   B7       Em      B7 
 Every cry of a newborn baby 
   Em   B7           Em 
 Every prayer to be free 
   G                Bm 
 Every hope at the end of a rainbow 
         G        A 
 Every song ever sung 
       D            Em         D 
 Is a part of the family of woman and man 
   Em  D       G      D 
 And that means everyone. 

  
   D                 A                       D 
 There is only one river. There is only one sea. 
                       A                         D 
 And it flows through you, and it flows through me. 
                     Bm                        G 
 There is only one people. We are one and the same. 
                   E                    A 
 We are all one spirit. We are all one name. 
             D        G                   D 
 We are the father, mother, daughter and son. 
                     E              A 
 From the dawn of creation, we are one. 
         A 
 We are one. 
  
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante