Farther Along chords by The Flying Burrito Brothers

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G#

🎸 Intro:

F   Dm   C   F   A#   F


🎸 Verse 1:
C            F            A#              F
Tempted and tried we're often made to wonder
                 Dm    G7           C
Why it should be thus all the day long
F                       A#        F
While there are others living about us
           Dm   C              F      A#   F
Never molested though in the wrong

🎸 Chorus:
C         F           A#          F
Farther along we'll know all about it
              Dm     G           C
Farther along we'll understand why
F                           A#            F
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
                 Dm  C           F   A#   F
We'll understand it all by and by


🎸 Verse 2:
C               F         A#          F
When death has come and taken our loved ones
                   Dm  G7          C
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
F                     A#           F
Then shall we wonder why others prosper
            Dm    C           F     A#   F
Living so wicked year after year


🎸 Chorus:
C         F           A#          F
Farther along we'll know all about it
              Dm     G           C
Farther along we'll understand why
F                           A#            F
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
                 Dm  C           F   A#   F
We'll understand it all by and by


🎸 Verse 3:
C              F           A#           F
Faithful till death said our loving master
                Dm  G7         C
C  few more days to labor and wait
F                       A#             F
Toils of the road will then seem as nothing
                      Dm    C          F     A#   F
When we sweep through that beautiful gate


🎸 Chorus:
C         F           A#          F
Farther along we'll know all about it
              Dm     G7          C
Farther along we'll understand why
F                           A#            F
Cheer up, my brother, come sing in the sunshine
                 Dm  C           F
We'll understand it all by and by


🎸 Outro:
A#           F      Dm  C           A#  C  F
We'll understand it all by and by