Wayfaring Stranger Chords
by Karliene
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.
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