Artist: Willie Nelson
I am a [G]pilgrim and a [C]stranger
[C7]Traveling [F]through this wearisome [C]land
I've got a home in [C7]that yonder [F]city, [F7]good Lord
[C]And it's not, [F]good lord it was not, [G]not made by han[C]d
And I got a [G]mother, a sister and a [C]brother
[C7]Who have [F]gone to that sweet [C]home
I am determined [C7]to go and [F]see them, [F7]good Lord
[C]Over on, [F]down over on, [G]that distant [C]shore
And I go [G]down to the river of [C]Jordan
[C7]Just to [F]bathe my wearisome [C]soul
If I could touch [C7]the hem of his [F]garment, [F7]good Lord
[C]And I believe, [F]good Lord I believe, [G]it would make me [C]whole
Now when I’m [G]dead and in my [C]coffin
[C7]And all my [F]friends all gather ‘[C]round
And they can say that [C7]he’s just [F]laying there sleeping, [F7]good Lord
[C]Sweet peace, [F]oh lord, sweet [G]peace of the soul is [C]found
I am a [G]pilgrim and a [C]stranger
[C7]Traveling [F]through this wearisome [C]land
I've got a home in [C7]that yonder [F]city, [F7]good Lord
[C]And it's not, [F]good lord it was not, [G]not made by han[C]d
[C7]Traveling [F]through this wearisome [C]land
I've got a home in [C7]that yonder [F]city, [F7]good Lord
[C]And it's not, [F]good lord it was not, [G]not made by han[C]d
And I got a [G]mother, a sister and a [C]brother
[C7]Who have [F]gone to that sweet [C]home
I am determined [C7]to go and [F]see them, [F7]good Lord
[C]Over on, [F]down over on, [G]that distant [C]shore
And I go [G]down to the river of [C]Jordan
[C7]Just to [F]bathe my wearisome [C]soul
If I could touch [C7]the hem of his [F]garment, [F7]good Lord
[C]And I believe, [F]good Lord I believe, [G]it would make me [C]whole
Now when I’m [G]dead and in my [C]coffin
[C7]And all my [F]friends all gather ‘[C]round
And they can say that [C7]he’s just [F]laying there sleeping, [F7]good Lord
[C]Sweet peace, [F]oh lord, sweet [G]peace of the soul is [C]found
I am a [G]pilgrim and a [C]stranger
[C7]Traveling [F]through this wearisome [C]land
I've got a home in [C7]that yonder [F]city, [F7]good Lord
[C]And it's not, [F]good lord it was not, [G]not made by han[C]d
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