The song Sweet Chariot is performed by Emmylou Harris in the album named Portraits in the year 2008 .
Oh, my darlin'
I have searched the desert and the sky
Just to find you
And take the mourning from my eyes
When I lost you
I suffered and you were sanctified
We are all born to live
We are all bound to die
Swing down sweet chariot
The flesh will fall and the bones will rot
But from my sorrow you'll carry me not
My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock
Rock of ages cleft for me
I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree
It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea
And it will ring from the rock
Oh, my children
Sorrow shall come to each of us
All our trials
Will soon lay buried in the dust
Long forgotten
But quick as silver turns to rust
Love is found
When the heart is lost
Swing down sweet chariot
The flesh will fall and the bones will rot
But from my sorrow you'll carry me not
My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock
Rock of ages cleft for me
I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree
It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea
And it will ring from the rock
Swing down sweet chariot
The flesh will fall and the bones will rot
But from my sorrow you'll carry me not
My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock
Rock of ages cleft for me
I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree
It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea
And it will ring from the rock
Swing down sweet chariot
The flesh will fall and the bones will rot
But from my sorrow you'll carry me not
Emmylou Harris - Portraits
- Boulder to Birmingham
- Before Believing
- Love Hurts
- In My Hour of Darkness
- Angels Rejoiced Last Night
- Sleepless Nights
- Too Far Gone
- If I Could Only Win Your Love
- Till I Gain Control Again
- One of These Days
- Together Again
- Here, There and Everywhere
- You're Still on My Mind [#]
- Sweet Dreams
- Luxury Liner
- Making Believe
- Pancho and Lefty
- Two More Bottles of Wine
- You Never Can Tell (C' Est la Vie)
- Easy from Now On
- Hello Stranger
- Every Time You Leave
- Beneath Still Waters
- Blue Kentucky Girl
- To Daddy
- Evangeline
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Mr. Sandman
- And I Love You So [#]
- If I Needed You
- Roses in the Snow
- Boxer
- Wayfaring Stanger
- Millworker
- Dimming of the Day [#]
- Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet
- Juanita
- Born to Run
- Price You Pay
- Sweet Chariot
- That Lovin' You Feelin' Again
- In My Dreams
- Love Is [Alternate Mix][#]
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- Pain of Loving You
- Farther Along
- Angel Band
- I Still Miss Someone
- River for Him
- Heartbreak Hill
- Icy Blue Heart
- Gulf Coast Highway
- We Believe in Happy Endings
- West Texas Waltz
- Rollin' and Ramblin'
- Casey's Last Ride [#]
- Hard Times (Come Again No More)
- Calling My Children Home
- Walls of Time
- When I Paint My Masterpiece [#]
- No Regrets