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From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) Words and music: Traditional Performer: Emmylou Harris Album: Roses In The Snow - Warner Brothers Records 1980 Visa Music(ASCAP) Tony Rice lead acoustic guitar Albert Lee mandolin Jerry Douglas dobro Emory Gordy bass Ricky Skaggs fiddle/guitar/vocals John Ware percussion Brian Aheren acoustic guitar Wayfaring Stranger Cm I’m a poor wayfaring stranger Fm Cm While traveling thru this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil, or danger Fm Cm In that bright world to which I go Ab Eb I’m going there to see my Father Ab Cm G7 I’m going there no more to roam Cm I’m only going over Jordan Fm Cm I’m only going over home SOLO Cm I know dark clouds will hang ‘round me, Fm Cm I know my way is rough and steep Yet beauteous fields lie just before me Fm Cm Where God’s redeemed their virgils keep Ab Eb I’m going there to see my mother Ab Cm G7 She said she’d meet me when I come Cm I'm only going over Jordan Fm Cm I'm only going over home SOLOHome