When the Saints By Sara Groves A Bm D A Lord I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know A Bm D And your word is like a fire Bm A and I cannot let it go PRE-CHORUS E D And when I'm weary and overwrought Bm A E with so many battles left unfought CHORUS D A D A I see Paul and Silas in the prison yard D A C#m E I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars E C#m D And when the Saints go marching in Bm A I want to be one of them VERSE 2 A Bm D A Lord it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind A Bm D So I think of those before me Bm A Who’ve lived a faithful life PRE-CHORUS E D And when I'm weary and overwrought Bm A E with so many battles left unfought CHORUS D A D A I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court D A C#m E I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord E C#m D And when the Saints go marching in Bm A I want to be one of them E C#m D And when the Saints go marching in Bm A D A I want to be one of them BRIDGE D A D A I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad D A C#m E I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul D A D A I see the young missionary and the angry spear D A C#m E I see his family returning with no trace of fear D A D A I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights D A C#m E I see the sisters standing by the dying man's side D A D A I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor D A C#m E I see the man with a passion come and kicking down that door D A D A I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road D A C#m E I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load E C#m D And when the Saints go marching in Bm A I want to be one of them E C#m D And when the Saints go marching in Bm A I want to be one of them D A I want to be one of them D A I want to be one of them D A D A I want to be one of them
