Wayfaring Stranger

Traditional

Key of Am · Chords: III IV V VI VII i iv

Versions: Version 2 · Version 3

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Verse 1

Am
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Dm                                    Am
While traveling through this world of woe
D7
Yet there's no sickness toil nor danger
Dm      G                     Am
In that bright world to which I go

Chorus

F                         C
I'm going there to see my Father
F         C                E7
I'm going there no more to roam
Am
I'm only going over Jordan
Dm       E7         Am
I'm only going over home

Verse 3

I know dark clouds will gather round me
Dm                         Am
I know my way is rough and steep
D7
Yet beauteous fields rise before me
Dm                G             Am
Where God redeems their vigil's keep

Chorus 2

F                         C
I'm going there to see my mother
F        C                    E7
She said she'd meet me when I come
Am
I'm only going over Jordan
Dm                  Am
I'm only going over home
Recorded by: Emmylou Harris (1980), David Grisman (1983), Tony Rice (1987), Ralph Stanley (1990), Bill Monroe (1999)
and 18 more, Del McCoury (1999), Sam Bush (1999), Robert Křesťan (2004), Rob Ickes (2004), Blue Highway (2004), Bryan Sutton (2005), Andy Leftwich (2005), Butch Baldassari (2006), Darol Anger (2006), Eddie Adcock (2007), Jesse McReynolds (2007), Josh Graves (2007), Kenny Baker (2007), Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra (2017), Rhiannon Giddens (2019), The Petersens (2021), Alison Krauss, Leftover Salmon

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