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Wayfaring Stranger by Bill Monroe - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            The original is in G minor, tuned flat so it's close to F# minor.
To match the original recording, tune slightly flat and put a capo on the 3rd fret. This brings Em up to Gm.
Lyrics changed slightly from his version, because I like these more. :)


Slow, boomchucka swing.

[Intro]
Em
Em

[Verse 1]
            Em
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
            Am                Em
Travelling through this world alone
            Em
There is no sickness, no toil, or danger
               Am B7            Em E
In that bright land, to which I go

[Chorus]
          E
I'm going home, to see my mother
          E
I'm going home, no more to roam
            Em
Oh I'm just going over Jordan
          Am B7      Em
I am just going over home

[Instrumental]
Em
Am
Em
Em
Am B7 Em

[Verse 2]
            Em
I know dark clouds will gather round me
              Am               Em
And I know my way is rough and steep
            Em
Yet golden fields lie just before me
            Am  B7            E
Where weary eyes no more will weep

[Chorus]
           E
I'm going home, to see my father
          E
I'm going home, no more to roam
            Em
Oh I'm just going over Jordan
          Am B7      Em
I am just going over home

[Instrumental]
Em
Am
Em
Em
Am B7 Em

[Verse 3]
             Em
I'll soon be free from every trial
                Am               Em
This form shall rest beneath the sun
             Em
Take off the cross of self-denial
                  Am B7          E
And enter into my home, the only one

[Chorus]
          E
I'm going home to meet my loved ones
             E
To sing with them forevermore
         Em
I'm only going over Jordan
         Am  B7     Em    Em
I'm only going over home

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