Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger is nearly 150 years old, and there are a lot of versions. It’s a bittersweet song, hoping and  trusting in the sweet eternal state promised in Scripture, while admitting the bitter realities of this current sin-stained life.

I tried to select the most gospel-centered lyrics for the version I compiled.

Stylistically we are just shooting for acoustic/folk/Americana, not trying for a country music flavor.

Here is a link to the lyrics sheet.

Here are three sets of guitar chords; I don’t play guitar, so hopefully they may be helpful:

• guitar chords
• guitar chords (Cash)
• guitar chords (Harris)

And here is sheet music, but I think it is in a different key.

Here is a version with excellent soprano/alto harmony with supporting guitar:

Here is Johnny Cash’s version, with nice violin/fiddle intro & solo:

Here is Emmylou Harris’s version: