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    Mandolin Wayfaring Stranger tab

    Bluegrass

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Am
    • Tempo
      60 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This arrangement follows the melody and uses a lot of tremolo. Remember, there is more than one speed you can use on a tremolo. 16th notes, 16th note triplets, even 32nd notes! If none of those words are making sense to you, then check out the Tremolo 101 course in the Lesson section.

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More about Wayfaring Stranger

A popular Folk and Gospel song.

Learn how to play the melody of Wayfaring Stranger with the beginner mandolin tab on Tunefox. From there you can work your way up to the intermediate and advanced arrangements, which feature an emphasis on technical playing while still holding true to that original melody.

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All 1 Wayfaring Stranger mandolin tabs include backing tracks, so you can change the volume of a mandolin, band or metronome to suit your liking.

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Wayfaring Stranger lyrics

I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through this world below There's no sickness, no toil or danger In that bright land to which I go I'm going there to see my father And all my loved ones, who've gone on I'm just going over Jordan I'm just going over home I know dark clouds will gather 'round me I know my way is hard and steep Yet beauteous fields arise before me Where God's redeemed their vigils keep I'm going there to see my mother She said she'd meet me when I come So i'm just going over Jordan I'm just going over home I'm just going over Jordan I'm just going over home