X:1
T:As I Went Down In The Valley To Pray
C:Traditional Folk Spiritual Song
N:Collected in 1867 as "The Good Old Way"
N:in "Slave Songs of the United States"
N:in 1867
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=80
K:G
|"@VERSE"D/2|"G"D E G G/2G/2|G/2G/2 E G2|B/2B/2 A/2B/2 A G
w:As I went down in the val-ley to pray, Stu-dy-ing a-bout that
|"D"B A "G"G z/2 E/2|D B, D3/2 B,/2|D B, D B
w:good old way. And who shall wear the star-ry crown, Good
|"C"G2 G/2 G E/2|"G"D3 z||"D"A2 "@CHORUS"B A|"G"B d (B/2A/2 G
w:Lord, show me the way. Oh broth-ers, let's go down__
|G B G G/2E/2|"C"G/2G/2 G ("G"E/2D/2-D)|"D"A2 B A
w:Come on down, Don't you want to go down,__ Oh bro-ther,
|"G"B d (B/2A/2 G)|G B/2B/2 "C"G/2G/2 E|"G"D3 z/2||
w:let's go down,__ Down in the val-ley to pray.
W:
W:Each repetition of the chorus changes one word:
W:Oh, 1)fa-ther 2)mo-ther 3)sis-ter 4)bro-ther