**Chords:**
G C G
G C G
C G D
C G D
G C G
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
G C G
Traveling through this world of woe
C G D
But there’s no sickness, toil, or danger
C G D
In that bright land to which I go
G C G
I’m going there to see my mother
G C G
She said she’d meet me when I come
C G D
I’m only going over Jordan
C G D
I’m only going over home
G C G
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
G C G
I know my way is rough and steep
C G D
But beauty’s fields lie just before me
C G D
Where God’s redeemed, their vigils keep
G C G
I’m going there to see my mother
G C G
She said she’d meet me when I come
C G D
I’m only going over Jordan
C G D
I’m only going over home
Waitin Around To Die
by Townes Van Zandt
Date Added
8/11/2025