Wayfaring Stranger chords by Ashley Johnson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

♫ Intro:

E minorEm


♫ Verse 1:
E minorEm
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
     A minorAm          B7B7
Traveling through this world of woes
      E minorEm      E minor 7Em7   AM
There's no sickness, no toil or danger
    E minorEm   B7B7        E minorEm
In that bright lignt to which I go

♫ pre-Chorus:
E minorEm E minor 7Em7  C majorC        E minorEm
I'm going there to see my mother
        C majorC       E minorEm
She said she'd meet me when I come

♫ Chorus:
     E minorEm   E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
I'm just a-goin' over Jordan
     E minorEm   B7B7  E minorEm
I'm just a-goin' over home

♫ Verse 2:
      E minorEm
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
     A minorAm        B7B7
I know my way is rough and steep
  E minorEm        E minor 7Em7       A minorAm
But beauteous fields lie just before me
      B7B7          E minorEm
Where gods redeemed their vigils keep

♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
E minorEm E minor 7Em7  C majorC        E minorEm
I'm going there to see my father
     C majorC         E minorEm
I'm going there, no more to roam

♫ Chorus:
     E minorEm   E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
I'm just a-goin' over Jordan
     E minorEm   B7B7  E minorEm
I'm just a-goin' over home

♫ Verse 3:
       E minorEm
I'll soon be free from earthly trials
     A minorAm           B7B7
This body rests in the old churchyard
        E minorEm      A minorAm
I'll drop this cross of self-denial
    B7B7       E minorEm
And go singing home to God

♫ Pre-Chorus 3:
E minorEm E minor 7Em7  C majorC        E minorEm
I'm going there to see my savior
     C majorC         E minorEm
I'm going there, no more to roam

♫ Chorus:
     E minorEm   E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
I'm just a-goin' over Jordan
     B7B7      E minorEm
I'm just a-goin' over home

♫ Outro:
     B7B7     E minorEm
I'm just a-goin over home