Misc Soundtrack – 1917 - I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Guitar Tab)
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[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____2-4-| 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 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------------| D|---2-------2-0-2------| 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____2-4-| D|-2-2----------------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----------| 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|----------------------|
[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____2-4-| 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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