Verse 1DAD
Lord I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know
A
It's more than I can handle
DAD
But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones
A
and I can't let it go
Pre-ChorusEm7G
And when I'm weary and overwrought
BmE
with so many battles left unfought
ChorusGDGD
I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
GDA
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
BmAG
And when the Saints go marching in
DG
I want to be one of them
Verse 2DAD
Lord it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind
A
It often overwhelms me
DAD
But when I think of all who've gone before and lived the faithful life
A
their courage compells me
Pre-ChorusEm7G
And when I'm weary and overwrought
BmE
with so many battles left unfought
ChorusGDGD
I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
GDA
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
GDGD
I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court
GDA
I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord
BmAG
And when the Saints go marching in
DG
I want to be one of them
BmAG
And when the Saints go marching in
DG
I want to be one of them
BridgeGDGD
I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
GDA
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul
-
GDGD
I see the young missionary and the angry spear
GDA
I see his family returning with no trace of fear
-
GDGD
I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
GDA
I see the sisters standing by the dying man's side
-
GDGD
I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
GDA
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door
-
GDGD
I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road
GDA
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load
-
BmAG
And when the Saints go marching in
DG
I want to be one of them
BmAG
And when the Saints go marching in
DG
I want to be one of them
DG
I want to be one of them
DG
I want to be one of them
DG
I want to be one of them
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