Refrain:
C5
Roll Jordan roll
Bb5      C5   Bb5
Roll Jordan roll
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Verse 1:
  C5                         A5
O brothers you ought to ha' been there
C5   F5 C5         
Yes my lord
G5                  F5
a sittin' in the Kingdom
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Refrain:
C5
Roll Jordan roll
Bb5      C5   Bb5
Roll Jordan roll
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Verse 2:
C5                                    A5
Well my mother, you ought to been there
C5                   F5                         C5
Mother, you ought to been there
G5                                          F5
My mother, you ought to been there
A5 
Roll, Jordan roll 

Chorus:
F5                                                                               C5
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
F5                          C5
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Verse 2:
C5                                    A5
Well my mother, you ought to been there
C5                   F5                         C5
Mother, you ought to been there
G5                                          F5
My mother, you ought to been there
A5 
Roll, Jordan roll 

Chorus:
F5                                                                               C5
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
F5                          C5
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Verse 3: 
C5                                       A5
Well my sister, you ought to been there now      
C5                           F5                 C5
Sister, you ought to been there
G5                                        F5
My sister, you ought to been there
A5
Roll, Jordan roll 

Chorus:
F5                                                                               C5
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
F5                          C5
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Verse 4:
C5                                        A5
Well my brother, you ought to been there now
C5                          F5             C5
Brother, you ought to been there
G5                                         F5
My brother, you ought to been there
A5
Roll, Jordan roll 

Chorus:
F5                                                                               C5
Oh you can see it roll, better roll, better roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
F5                          C5
Roll Jordan, roll (roll Jordan, roll Jordan)
  C5      G5     C5            G5
I want to go to heaven when I die
A5 C5    G5     C5
To hear Jordan roll

Roll, roll
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