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Wayfaring Stranger

Open, no capo

Standard tuning

Intro and basic Am riff:

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-----2--------2-----------------2-----------2------
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When she plays G, she usually does a hammeron-pulloff like this:


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-----0h1p0-----
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-----0h2p0-----
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-3----------3--


       Am
I am a poor wayfaring stranger

                 G                     Am
While journeying through this world of woe

               Am
And there's no sickness, toil, nor danger

               G
In that bright world to which I go

          F               C
I'm going there to see my mother

          F         C       E
I'm going there, no more to roam

         Am
I'm only going over Jordan

         G          Am
I'm only going over home


I know dark clouds with gather round me
I know my way, my way, my way is rough and steep
And beautious fields lay just before me
And God's redeemed His vigils keep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
Only going over home
Only going over home