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Wayfaring Stranger chords by Jack White, Cold Mountain (Official Version)

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Dm
G
Am

Intro 1

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Verse 1

Dm

I am a poor wayfaring stranger

G

Dm

Traveling through this world alone

There is no sickness, toil, nor danger

G

Dm

In that fair land to which I go

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Chorus 1

Dm

I'm going home to see my mother

Am

I'm going home, no more to roam

Dm

I am just going over Jordan

G

Dm

I am just going over home

Solo 1

Dm

Dm

G

Dm

Dm

Dm

G

Dm

Verse 2

Dm

I know dark clouds will hover o'er me,

G

Dm

I know my pathway is rough and steep

But golden fields lie out before me

G

Dm

Where weary eyes no more will weep

Chorus 2

Dm

I'm going home to see my father

Am

I'm going home, no more to roam

Dm

I am just going over Jordan

G

Dm

I am just going over home

Solo 2

Dm

Dm

G

Dm

Dm

Dm

G

Dm

Verse 3

Dm

I'll soon be free from every trial

G

Dm

This form shall rest beneath the sun

I'll drop the cross of self-denial

G

Dm

And enter in that home with God

Chorus 3

Dm

I'm going home to see my savior

Am

I'm going home, no more to roam

Dm

I am just going over Jordan

G

Dm

I am just going over home

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Dm
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Am

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: D minorBPM: 64

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0

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This is the definitive original version of Wayfaring Stranger by Jack White, Cold Mountain, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D minor. It suits players who want to learn Wayfaring Stranger the way Jack White, Cold Mountain intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Wayfaring Stranger

Jack White, Cold Mountain

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