(Much thanks to M. Isaac for helping with this)


VERSE 1
D5                   A5                           D5
Lord I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know 
                     A5
It's more than I can handle 
    D5                           A5                  D5
But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones 
                    A5
and I can't let it go 


PRE-CHORUS
             Emin7         G5
And when I'm weary and overwrought 
        B5                E5
with so many battles left unfought 


CHORUS
           G5        D5            G5      D5
I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard 
             G5       D5       A5
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars 

             B5   A5             G5
And when the Saints   go marching in 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 


VERSE 2
D5                          A5                        D5
Lord it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind 
             A5
It often overwhelms me
    D5                                 A5                           D5
But when I think of all who've gone before and lived the faithful life
                 A5
their courage compells me


PRE-CHORUS
             Emin7         G5
And when I'm weary and overwrought 
        B5                E5
with so many battles left unfought 


CHORUS
           G5        D5            G5      D5
I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard 
             G5       D5       A5
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars 

          G5        D5            G5       D5
I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court 
           G5        D5               A5
I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord 
             B5   A5             G5
And when the Saints   go marching in 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 
             B5   A5             G5
And when the Saints   go marching in 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 


BRIDGE
          G5          D5              G5               D5
I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad 
          G5      D5               A5
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul 

          G5           D5            G5     D5
I see the young missionary and the angry spear 
          G5        D5               A5
I see his family returning with no trace of fear 

          G5         D5          G5        D5
I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights 
          G5       D5               A5
I see the sisters standing by the dying man's side 

          G5          D5              G5       D5
I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor 
          G5          D5                A5
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door 

          G5      D5               G5             D5
I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road 
          G5            D5                A5
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load

             B5   A5             G5
And when the Saints   go marching in 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 
             B5   A5             G5
And when the Saints   go marching in 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them 
          D5         G5
I want to be one of them