When the Saints Sara Groves
(Much thanks to M. Isaac for helping with this)
VERSE 1
[D]Lord I have a heavy [A]burden of all I've seen and [D]know
It's more than I can [A]handle
But [D]your word is burning like a [A]fire shut up in my [D]bones
and I can't let it g[A]o
PRE-CHORUS
And when I'm [Emin7]weary and over[G]wrought
with so [Bmin]many battles left un[E]fought
CHORUS
I think of [G]Paul and [D]Silas in the [G]prison [D]yard
I hear their [G]song of [D]freedom [A]rising to the stars
And when the [Bmin]Saints [A] go marching [G]in
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
VERSE 2
[D]Lord it's all that I can't [A]carry and cannot leave be[D]hind
It often over[A]whelms me
But [D]when I think of all who've gone be[A]fore and lived the faithful [D]life
their courage com[A]pells me
PRE-CHORUS
And when I'm [Emin7]weary and over[G]wrought
with so [Bmin]many battles left un[E]fought
CHORUS
I think of [G]Paul and [D]Silas in the [G]prison [D]yard
I hear their [G]song of [D]freedom [A]rising to the stars
I see the [G]shepherd [D]Moses in the [G]Pharohs [D]court
I hear his [G]call for [D]freedom for the [A]people of the Lord
And when the [Bmin]Saints [A] go marching [G]in
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
And when the [Bmin]Saints [A] go marching [G]in
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
BRIDGE
I see the [G]long quiet [D]walk along the [G]Underground Rail[D]road
I see the [G]slave a[D]wakening to the [A]value of her soul
I see the [G]young missio[D]nary and the [G]angry [D]spear
I see his [G]family re[D]turning with no [A]trace of fear
I see the [G]long hard [D]shadows of [G]Calcutta [D]nights
I see the [G]sisters [D]standing by the [A]dying man's side
I see the [G]young girl [D]huddled on the [G]brothel [D]floor
I see the [G]man with a [D]passion come and [A]kicking down the door
I see the [G]man of [D]sorrows and his [G]long troubled [D]road
I see the [G]world on his [D]shoulders and my [A]easy load
And when the [Bmin]Saints [A] go marching [G]in
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
And when the [Bmin]Saints [A] go marching [G]in
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
I want to [D]be one of [G]them
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