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Wayfaring Stranger by Bill Monroe - Guitar Chords

Artist Bill Monroe How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord B7.jpg How to play the guitar chord E.jpg

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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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