Wayfaring Stranger
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Music: traditional Key: Am Measure: 4/4 binary Genre: Folk Style: Song+Standard The chords in line 7 of each verse are optional: Alternatively play Am. |
Chords: Am Am6 Am7 C Dm E E7 F Fj/A G |
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| · I'm just a | Am poor |· wayfaring |stranger |·· | |Am | | | | | |
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a trav'ling | Dm through |· this world of | Am woe. |·· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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there's no | Am sickness, |· toil nor |danger |· | |Am | | | | | |
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In that bright | Dm world |· to which I | Am go. |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I'm going | F there |· to meet my | C father |· | |F | |C | | | |
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I'm going | F there | C · no more to | E roam; | E7 ·· | |F |C |E |E7 | | |
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I am just | Am go- | Am7 · -ing over | Am6 Jordan | Fj/A ·· Am | |Am |Am7 |Am6 |Fj/A Am | | |
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I am just | Dm go- | F · -ing G over | Am home. |· | |Dm |F G |Am | | | |
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I know dark | Am clouds |· will gather |o'er me |· | |Am | | | | | |
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I know my | Dm pathway's |· rough and | Am steep; |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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But golden | Am fields |· lie out be|fore me |· | |Am | | | | | |
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Where weary | Dm eyes |· no more shall | Am weep. |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I'm going | F there |· to see my | C mother |· | |F | |C | | | |
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She said she'd | F meet | C · me when I | E come | E7 · | |F |C |E |E7 | | |
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I am just | Am go- | Am7 · -ing over | Am6 Jordan | Fj/A ·· Am | |Am |Am7 |Am6 |Fj/A Am | | |
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I am just | Dm go- | F · -ing G over | Am home. |· | |Dm |F G |Am | | | |
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I'll soon be | Am free |· from every |trial |· | |Am | | | | | |
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This form will | Dm rest |· beneath the | Am sod |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I'll drop the | Am cross |· of self den|ial, |· | |Am | | | | | |
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And enter | Dm in |· my home with | Am God. |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I'm going | F there |· to see my | C Saviour |· | |F | |C | | | |
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Who shed for | F me | C · His precious | E blood | E7 · | |F |C |E |E7 | | |
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I am just | Am go- | Am7 · -ing over | Am6 Jordan | Fj/A ·· Am | |Am |Am7 |Am6 |Fj/A Am | | |
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I am just | Dm go- | F · -ing G over | Am home. |· | |Dm |F G |Am | | | |
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I want to | Am wear |· a crown of |glory |· | |Am | | | | | |
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When I get | Dm home |· to that bright | Am land |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I want to | Am shout |· Salvation's |story |· | |Am | | | | | |
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In concert | Dm with |· that bloodwashed | Am band. |· | |Dm | |Am | | | |
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I'm going | F there |· to meet my | C Saviour |· | |F | |C | | | |
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To sing His | F praises| C · forever| E more | E7 · | |F |C |E |E7 | | |
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I am just | Am go- | Am7 · -ing over | Am6 Jordan | Fj/A ·· Am | |Am |Am7 |Am6 |Fj/A Am | | |
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I am just | Dm go- | F · -ing G over | Am home. |· | |Dm |F G |Am | | | |
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