Misc Soundtrack – 1917 - I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Guitar Tab)

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