Wayfaring Stranger Chords

KeyAm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays698

Wayfaring Stranger by Karliene is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
       Am 
I am a poor wayfaring stranger 
                 Dm                  Am 
While travelling through this world alone 
                            
There is no sickness, toil nor danger 
               Dm              Am 
In that bright land to which I go 


verse 2 
  
I'm going there to see my mother 
          Dm              Am 
I'm going home no more to roam 
          
I am just going over Jordan 
          Dm         Am 
I am just going over home 


verse 3 

I know dark clouds will hover over me 
          Dm                   Am 
I know my pathway is rough and steep 
                          
The golden fields lie out before me 
            Dm                Am 
Where weary eyes no more will weep 


verse 4 

I'm going home to see my father 
          Dm              Am 
I'm going home no more to roam 
          
I am just going over Jordan 
          Dm         Am 
I am just going over home 


Verse 5

I'll soon be free from every trial 
                Dm               Am 
This form shall rest beneath the sod 

I'll drop the cross of self-denial 
          Dm              Am 
And enter in that home of good 


Verse 6 

I'm going home to see my saviour 
                Dm                 Am 
Who spilled his precious blood for me 
          
I am just going over Jordan 
          Dm         Am 
I am just going over home 
          
I am just going over Jordan 
          Dm         Am 
I am just going over home 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante