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1917 - I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger Tab by Soundtracks

1917 - I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger tab by Soundtracks

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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
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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|----------------------|

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