Capo 3 Intro G5 C5 G5 D5 G5 C5 D5 We'd see him in the distance on the trail along the rim C5 G5 D5 His silver head against the mountain sky G5 C5 A5 And Grandmas face would open up when she saw that it was him C5 D5 G5 And she'd say Daddy grab a chair its Mordecai G5 C5 D5 And it seemed to me he brought a country store there on his back C5 G5 D5 As he layed it all before us on the ground G5 C5 A5 And I knew he'd finally reach into that ragged old back pack C5 D5 G5 For the candy that he always brought around Chorus G5 He Said D5 C5 My Papa was a wandering Jew and it's my fate to be one too G5 D5 I'll roam these mountain trails until I die D5 C5 Perhaps one day I'll see my home and then he smiled and turned to go G5 D5 G5 And we all said goodbye to Mordecai One evening when he stayed with us I saw him at his prayers As the last light trickled through the cabin door And he stood before the little yellow candle burning there Softly speaking words I'd never heard before And I told him how my Grandma said it troubled her mind so Such a fine man wasn't washed in the blood of the lamb He smiled and said "Tell Grandma if it pleases her to know That She and I both pray to the God of Abraham" Chorus It's been so long now since I've left that hillside far behind For a place I've never truly called my home And more and more these days I see him walking in my mind Through the misty mountain distance all alone Mordecai was a wandering Jew, in my own way I am one too I hope to make it home before I die And if I should ever find my way I'll light a candle at his grave And say one more goodbye to Mordecai
