Wayfaring Stranger Lyrics

Jack White Wayfaring Stranger

I am a poor wayfarin' stranger
Travellin' 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
I'm goin' home no more to roam
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home


I know dark clouds will hover o'er me
I know my pathway is rough and steep
But golden fields lie out before me
Where weary eyes no more will weep

I'm goin' home to see my father
I'm goin' home no more to roam
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home


I'll soon be free from every trial
This form shall rest beneath the Sun
I'll drop the cross of self-denial
An' enter in that home with God

I'm goin' home to see my savior
I'm goin' home no more to roam
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home

INTRO: Banjo, Fiddle and Mandolin tabbed for guitar

Banjo: Maintained through verses
D5
e|------------------
B|------------------
G|-------(2)-0h2-2--
D|-0--(0)-----------
A|------------------
E|------------------

Mandolin: After 2x Banjo
T
e|-------3-5--3-5--3-1------------1----
B|-3-1-3---------------3------1-3---3--
G|------------------------2-2----------
D|-------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------

Fiddle: During Mandolin
e|-3-5--3-1-------
B|----------3-----
G|----------------
D|-------------0--
A|----------------
E|----------------

VERSE 1:
D5
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
G5 D5
Travelin' through this world of woe

There is no sickness, toil nor danger
G5 D5
In that fair land to which I go

CHORUS:
D5
I'm goin' home to see my mother
G5 D5
I'm goin' home no more to roam

I am just goin' over Jordan
G5 D5
I am just goin' over home

BREAK: Fiddle(s) and Mandolin improvisation

D5
D5 G5 D5
D5
D5 G5 D5

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

CHORUS
I'm goin' home to see my father
I'm goin' home no more to roam
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home

BREAK

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

CHORUS
I'm goin' home to see my Savior
I'm goin' home no more to roam
I am just goin' over Jordan
I am just goin' over home

Mandolin:
T
e|---1-3-5-10-8-5-3--------3-5--
B|-3------------------1/3-------
G|------------------2-----------
D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
E|------------------------------

Fiddle:
e|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-0---
A|(0)--
E|-----