Wayfaring Stranger tab

Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger
This is from the fretkillr version (se youtube). The guitar is quite similar to
Emmylou Harris' recording from around 1980.
metonymo tab

Am     x02210
Dsus2  xx0230
Dm     xx0231
Amaj9  x02100
C      x03210
C/g    3x2010
F      133211
Fsus2  133011
Em     022000
E7     020100

Am
I'm the poor wayfaring stranger
          Dsus2 Dm             Am
Traveling through this world below (of woe)
Yet there's no sickness, no toil, nor danger
               Dsus2    Amaj9   Am
In that bright world to which I go

     --- C/g   F Fsus2         C   C/g  C
     I'm going there to see my Father
         C/g   F  C C/g         Em   E7
     I'm going there no more to roam
              Am
     I'm only goin' over Jordan
              Dsus2 E7   Am
     I'm only goin' over home

Solo (instrumental verse)

Am
I know dark clouds will gather around me
          Dsus2 Dm         Am
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beautiful fields lie just before me
            Dsus2 Dm       Amaj9  Am
Where God's redeemed, their vigil keep


     --- C/g   F Fsus2         C   C/g  C
     I'm going there to see my Mother
         C/g        F       C  C/g Em   E7 -
     She said she'd meet me when I come
              Am
     I'm only goin' over Jordan
              Dsus2 E7   Am
     I'm only goin' over home

Am   Dsus2 Amaj7 Am


Tab
The bass is mostly played with the right palm half-muting the strings.
Also a lot of strummed right palm muting (percussion effect) all over.
Fret killer, capo 4th.

Intro

                  Am
                  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
                ---------------------------------------------------|
                ---------------------------------------------------|
                -------------------------------h2------------------|
                ------2-------2-------2-----2-0-------2-------2----|
                --0---------------0---------------0----------------|
                ----------0---------------0---------------0--------|


Verse

  Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------h2--|
------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----2-0----|
--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------|
  I  am   the  po-or              wayfaring   stranger

                  Dsus2                           Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------2-------2-------2-------2--------------------|
------2-------2---0---------------0-------------------2-------2----|
--0-----------------------0---------------0-------0----------------|
----------0-----------------------------------------------0--------|
      Traveling through           this  world be-low

  Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------h2--|
------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----2-0----|
--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------|
Yet there's no sickness,         no toil, nor danger

                  Dsus            Amaj9           Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
---------------------(3)-----(3)---------------------------------1--|
-----(2)-----(2)------2-------2------(1)-----(1)-----(2)---2-0--2---|
------2-------2---0-------------------2-------2-------2----2-0-2----|
-0------------------------0---------------0-------------------0-----|
----------0-----------------------0---------------0-------0---------|
    In that bright world             to which I  go


Refrain
          C/g     F         Fsus2                 C       C/g
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
----------0---0-------1-1-----1-1-----1-1-----1-------0-------0----|
----------1---1-------1-1-----1-1-----1-1-----1-------1-------1----|
----------0---0-------2-2---0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-------0-----0-0----|
----------2-----------3-----3-3-------3-----3-3-------2-----2-2----|
--------------------------------------------------3----------------|
----------3-------1-------1-------1-------1---------------3--------|
     I'm  going  there               to  see my  Father

  C       C/g     F               C       C/g     Em
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
------0-------0-------1-------1-------0-------0-------0------------|
------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0----|
------0----(0)0-------2-----2-2-------0-----0-0-------0-------0----|
------2----(2)2-------3-----3-3-------2-----2-2-------2-------2----|
--3-------------------------------3--------------------------------|
----------3-------1-------1---------------3-------0-------0--------|
        I'm going there              no more to  roam

  E7              Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
------0------------------------------------------------------------|
-----1---------------------------------------------------------h2--|
----0-----------------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----2-0----|
---2--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
--0-----------------------0---------------0---------------0--------|
       I'm only   goi-n'-                 over   Jordan

                  Dsus2                   E7      Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
------1x------1x------3x------3x------3x-------0x------1x---0-0----|
------2x------2x------2x------2x------2x-------1x------2x---0-0----|
------2x------2x--0---------------0------------0x------2x-----0----|
--0-----------------------0------------------------0---------------|
----------0--------------------------------0--------------0--------|
        I'm only goi-n'-                over   home

Instrumental verse
Some notes (melody/embellishment) are accented, listen to the recoring.
v=vibrato

  Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
--0-----------0---0-----0-----------0-------0---------0----------|
--1---------------1--(1)1----(1)-----(1)3----(1)1-----1-----0-0--|
--2---2---2-------2--(2)2----(2)-----(2)-----(2)------2-2---0-0--|
--2---------------2--(2)-----(2)-----(2)-----(2)------2-------0--|
--0---------------0---------------0---------------0---0----------|
--------------------------0---------------0---------------0------|

                  Dsus                            Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
------------0-----0-----------------0-----------0-----0-------0--|
-----(1)----1(1)--3v-(3)3-----3-3-3---3---1---3-0-----1-------1--|
----2(2)2----(2)--2v-(2)------2---2-------------0-----2-------2--|
-----(2)-----(2)--0--(0)--0-------0-----0---0---------2-------2--|
--0-------0---------------------------------------0--------------|
----------------------------------------------------------0------|

  Am
  :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .   :   .
------------0-----0-----0-----------0-------0---------0----------|
------------1-----1--(1)1-----1------(1)3----(1)1-----1-----0-0--|
----2(2)2----(2)--2--(2)2-----2------(2)-----(2)------2-2---0-0--|
-----(2)-----(2)--2--(2)------2------(2)-----(2)------2-------0--|
--0---------------0---------------0---------------0---0----------|
----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0------|

                  Dsus            Amaj9           Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
------------0-----0---------------------0-------------0-----0----|
------------1-----3v-(3)3-----3-------0-----3-0-0-----1-----0-0--|
----2(2)2----(2)--2v-(2)------2-------1---------0-----2-----0-0--|
-----(2)-----(2)--0--(0)--0-----------2---------0-----2-------0--|
--0-------------------------------0---------------0--------------|
----------0-----------------------------------------------0------|

  Am
  :   .
------0-|
-----1--|
----2---| > verse
---2----|
--0-----|
--------|


Coda

  Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
--0-----------0---0-----0-----------0-------0---------0----------|
--1---------------1--(1)1----(1)-----(1)3----(1)1-----1-----0-0--|
--2---2---2-------2--(2)2----(2)-----(2)-----(2)------2-2---0-0--|
--2---------------2--(2)-----(2)-----(2)-----(2)------2-------0--|
--0---------------0---------------0---------------0---0----------|
--------------------------0---------------0---------------0------|

                  Dsus            Amaj9
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
------------0-----0-------------------0-------0------------------|
------------1-----3v-(3)3-----3-------0-----------3---1---0------|
----2(2)2----(2)--2v-(2)------2-------1--------------------------|
-----(2)-----(2)--0--(2)--0---------2-2--------------------------|
--0-----------------------------------0--------------------------|
----------0-----------------------0------------------------------|

  Am              G               Am
  :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
----------------------------------------------------|
--------------1---0---------------------------------|
----------2-----------0-------0---------2-----------|
------2-------------------0-----------2-------------|
--0---------------------------------0---------------|
----------------------------------0-----------------|

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