Verse 1
G                       C           G 
Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder 
                      A           D 
Why it should be thus all the day long 
G                      C       G 
While there are others living about us 
               D      D6 D   G 
Never molested though in the wrong 
  
  
Chorus 
G                   C         G 
Farther along we'll know all about it 
                    A          D 
Farther along we'll understand why 
G                    C           G 
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine 
                    D   D6 D   G 
We'll understand it all by and by 
  
  
Verse 2 
G                       C         G 
When death has come and taken our loved ones 
                       A          D 
It leaves our homes so lonely and drear 
G                 C          G 
Then do we wonder why others prosper 
                 D    D6 D   G 
Living so wicked year af-ter year 
  
  
Chorus 
G                   C         G 
Farther along we'll know all about it 
                    A          D 
Farther along we'll understand why 
G                   C           G 
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine 
                    D   D6 D   G 
We'll understand it all by and by