Wayfaring Stranger

Traditional

Key of Am · Chords: III V VI i iv v

Version 2 of Wayfaring Stranger

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Verse 1

Am
I am a poor wayfarin' stranger
          Dm                 Am
Travelin' through this world below
There is no toil sickness or danger
             Dm   Em         Am
In that fair land to which I go

Verse 2

          F              C
I'm goin' home to see my Father
          F               C
I'm goin' home no more to roam
          Am
I am just goin' over Jordan
          Dm  Em     Am
I am just goin' over home

Verse 3

I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
          Dm               Am
I know my way is rough and steep
But golden fields lie just before me
              Dm     Em           Am
Where souls redeemed their vigils keep

Verse 4

          F              C
I'm goin' home to see my mother
               F              C
She said she'd meet me when I come
          Am
I am just goin' over Jordan
          Dm  Em     Am
I am just goin' over home

Verse 5

I'll soon be free from woe and trial
           Dm                  Am
When I get home to that bright land
I want to shout salvation stories
           Dm   E7                Am
In concert with that blood washed band

Verse 6

          F                C
I'm goin' there to meet my Savior
              F              C
I'll sing His praise for evermore
          Am
I am just goin' over Jordan
          Dm  Em     Am
I am just goin' over home
          Dm  Em           Am
I am just goin' goin' over home
Recorded by: David Grisman (1983), Tony Rice (1987), Ralph Stanley (1990), Bill Monroe (1999), Del McCoury (1999)
and 18 more, 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), Don Edwards (2009), Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra (2017), Rhiannon Giddens (2019), The Petersens (2021), Alison Krauss, Leftover Salmon

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