1917 - I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) The underscores (___) used throughout the tab represent held notes. Verse 1: I am a poor wayfaring stranger. I'm travellin' through this world of woe e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0-4-| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor danger. In that bright land to which I go e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0---| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-----------------2-| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus: I'm going there to see my father e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5-3-0---| G|-4-4---------------0-| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| I'm going there, no more to roam e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5___3-0-| G|-4-4-----------------| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| I'm only going over Jordan e|----------------------| B|-0-1-3-0____----------| g|------------0-2-4-0---| D|--------------------2-| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| I'm only going over home e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----4-2__0-2-0--------| D|---2-----------2------| A|-2--------------------| E|----------------------| Verse 2: I know dark clouds will gather 'round me. I know my way is rough and steep e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0-4-| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| But golden fields lie just before me. Where God's redeemed shall ever sleep e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0---| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-----------------2-| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Chorus: I'm going home to see my mother e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5-3-0---| G|-4-4---------------0-| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| And all my loved ones who've gone on e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5___3-0-| G|-4-4-----------------| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| I'm only going over Jordan e|----------------------| B|-0-1-3-0____----------| g|------------0-2-4-0---| D|--------------------2-| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| I'm only going over home e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----4-2__0-2-0--------| D|---2-----------2------| A|-2--------------------| E|----------------------| Verse 3: I am a poor wayfarin' stranger. I'm travelin' through this world of woe e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0-4-| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor danger. In that bright land to which I go. e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----4-4____2-4-2-0---------4-2_____0-2____0---| D|-2-2----------------2____2-2-----------------2-| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Chorus: I'm going home to see my mother e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5-3-0---| G|-4-4---------------0-| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| And all my loved ones who've gone on e|---------------------| B|----3-5____3-5___3-0-| G|-4-4-----------------| D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| I'm only going over Jordan e|----------------------| B|-0-1-3-0____----------| g|------------0-2-4-0---| D|--------------------2-| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| I'm only going over home e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----4-2__0-2-0--------| D|---2-----------2------| A|-2--------------------| E|----------------------| ************************* | (___) Hold the note *************************