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Wayfaring Stranger

Jack White
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro
 1st Verse:
I  am a poor wayfaring stranger
 Travelin' through  this world alone
 There is no sickness toil nor danger
 In that fair land  to which I go
I'm  goin' home to see my mother (2nd chorus says father, 3rd says saviour)
 I'm goin' home no more to roam
 I am just goin'  over Jordan
 I am just goin'  over home
 2nd Verse:
 I know dark clouds will hover o'er me
 I know my pathway is rough and steep
 What golden fields lie out before me
 Where weary eyes no more will weap
 3rd Verse:
 I'll soon be free from every trial
 This form shall rest beneath the sun
 I'll drop that cross of self denial
 And enter in that home with God
 This is a pretty simple song done by a lot of people,
 but I didn't see Jack White's version in Dm so I wrote it out...
 that being said, there is a guy on youtube who calls himself the
 Bard of Cornwall and plays a mandolin version that sounds great on
 guitar as well and goes like this...
 1st Verse:
I  am a poor  wayfaring  stranger
 Travelin' through  this world alone
 There is no sickness  toil nor danger
 In that fair land  to which I go
I'm  goin' home  to see my  mother (2nd chorus says father, 3rd says saviour)
 I'm goin' home no more to roam
 I am just goin'  over Jordan
 I am just goin'  over home
 Same words, and repeat the first verse after the third chorus
 followed by the first chours...and as far as I'm concerend you
 can swith out the G for a Gm in Jack White's version and it
 will still sound sweet..

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Readable chord sheet for Wayfaring Stranger by Jack White

Intro [Dm]

1st Verse:
[Dm]I am a poor wayfaring stranger
Travelin' [G]through this world al[Dm]one

There is no sickness toil nor danger
In that fair l[G]and to which I [Dm]go

[Dm]I'm goin' home to see my mother (2nd chorus says father, 3rd says saviour)
I'm goin' home no more to [Am]roam
I am just [Dm]goin' over Jordan
I am just [G]goi[Am]n' over [Dm]home

[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] [Dm]

2nd Verse:
I know dark clouds will hover o'er me
I know my pathway is rough and steep
What golden fields lie out before me
Where weary eyes no more will weap

3rd Verse:
I'll soon be free from every trial
This form shall rest beneath the sun
I'll drop that cross of self denial
And enter in that home with God

This is a pretty simple song done by a lot of people,
but I didn't see Jack White's version in Dm so I wrote it out...
that being said, there is a guy on youtube who calls himself the
Bard of Cornwall and plays a mandolin version that sounds great on
guitar as well and goes like this...

[Bb]  [Am]   [Dm]

1st Verse:
[Dm]I am a po[Gm]or wayfaring[Dm] stranger
Travelin' [Gm]through this world al[Dm]one
There is no [F]sickness toil nor [Bb]danger
In that fair l[Gm]and[Am] to which I [Dm]go

[Dm]I'm goin' h[Gm]ome to see my[Dm] mother (2nd chorus says father, 3rd says saviour)
I'm goin' home no more to [Am]roam
I am just [Dm]goin[Gm]' over [Dm]Jordan
I am just [Bb]goin'[Am] over [Dm]home

[Bb]   [Am]   [Dm]

Same words, and repeat the first verse after the third chorus
followed by the first chours...and as far as I'm concerend you
can swith out the G for a Gm in Jack White's version and it
will still sound sweet..

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