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====== Wayfaring Stranger - The Longest Johns ======
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[Verse 1]
Dm
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
           G                     Dm
Travelling through this world of woe
Dm
There is no sickness, toil or danger
             G    A          Dm
In that fair land to which I go
 
[Chorus]
          Bb             F
I'm going home to see my mother
          Bb            A        A   A7 *or T3
I'm going home no more to roam
A7        Dm
I'm just going over Jordan
         G  A       Dm
I'm just going over home
 
[Verse 2]
Dm
I know dark clouds will hover on me
           G                Dm
I know my path is rough and steep
Dm
But golden fields lie out before me
            G    A             Dm
Where weary eyes no more shall weep
 
[Chorus]
          Bb             F
I'm going home to see my father
          Bb            A        A   A7 *or T3
I'm going home no more to roam
A7        Dm
I'm just going over Jordan
         G  A       Dm
I'm just going over home
 
[Verse 3]
Dm
I'll soon be free from every trial
                G                Dm
This form shall rest beneath the sun
Dm
I'll drop the cross of self-denial
          G  A            Dm
And enter in at home with God
 
[Chorus]
          Bb              F
I'm going home to meet my saviour
          Bb               A      A   A7 *or T3
I'm going home no more to roam
         Dm
I'm just going over Jordan
         G A        Dm     A
I'm just going over home
 
          Bb              F
I'm going home to meet my saviour
          Bb               A      A   A7 *or T3
I'm going home no more to roam
         Dm
I'm just going over Jordan
         G A        Dm
I'm just going over home
 
If you want to add more fingerstyle to it, the tabs are taken (as best as possible in the absence 
of a live
recording for now) from the banjo melody.
During the verses, it alternates between T1 and T2.
During the chorus, play the full chords.
 
T1
  Dm (strum)
e|-1-----1-^0---------------|-1----1-^0--------------|
B|-3--3-------3--1-----1--3-|-3--3------3--1-----3---|
G|-2----------------2-------|-2---------------2------|
D|--------------------------|------------------------|
A|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------------|------------------------|
 
T2
   G        Dm
e|----------------|
B|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
 
T3 (electric guitar part)
e|--5---3---------|
B|----------3-----|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
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