When the Saints
By Sara Groves
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Lord I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know
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And your word is like a fire
Bm A
and I cannot let it go
PRE-CHORUS
E D
And when I'm weary and overwrought
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with so many battles left unfought
CHORUS
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I see Paul and Silas in the prison yard
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I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
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And when the Saints go marching in
Bm A
I want to be one of them
VERSE 2
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Lord it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind
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So I think of those before me
Bm A
Who’ve lived a faithful life
PRE-CHORUS
E D
And when I'm weary and overwrought
Bm A E
with so many battles left unfought
CHORUS
D A D A
I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court
D A C#m E
I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord
E C#m D
And when the Saints go marching in
Bm A
I want to be one of them
E C#m D
And when the Saints go marching in
Bm A D A
I want to be one of them
BRIDGE
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I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
D A C#m E
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul
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I see the young missionary and the angry spear
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I see his family returning with no trace of fear
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I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
D A C#m E
I see the sisters standing by the dying man's side
D A D A
I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
D A C#m E
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down that door
D A D A
I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road
D A C#m E
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load
E C#m D
And when the Saints go marching in
Bm A
I want to be one of them
E C#m D
And when the Saints go marching in
Bm A
I want to be one of them
D A
I want to be one of them
D A
I want to be one of them
D A D A
I want to be one of them
