(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