Gm D7 Gm
When Israel was in Egypt’s land
D7 Gm
Let my people go.
Gm6 Eb7
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Gm D7 Gm
Let my people go.
Chorus:
C Cm
Go down, Moses,
Gm D7 Gm
Way down in Egypt’s land
C7 Eb7
Tell ol’ Pharaoh
Gm D7 Gm
"Let my people go."
Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said;
If not I’ll spite your firstborn dead.
No more shall they in bondage toil;
Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil.
The Lord told Moses what to do;
To lead the Hebrew children through.
O come along Moses, you’ll not get lost;
Stretch out your rod and come across;
As Israel stood by the waterside;
At God’s command it will divide.
When they reached the other shore;
They sang a song of triumph o’er.
Pharaoh said he’d go across;
But Pharaoh and his host were lost.
Jordan shall stand up like a well;
And the walls of Jericho shall fall.
Your foes shall not before you stand;
And you’ll possess fair Canaan’s land.
O let us all from bondage flee;
And let us all in Christ be free.
We need not always weep and mourn;
And wear these slavery chains forlorn.