The song relies on just 4 chords. F= 1-3-3-2-1-1 G#= 4-6-6-5-4-4 C= 8-10-10-9-8-8 Bb= 6-8-8-7-6-6 The sequence of chords goes: F, G#, F, C, Bb, G#, F Lyrics: I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling through, this world of woe. Yet there's no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land, to which I go. I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to roam; I'm just a going over Jordan I'm just a going over home.