Wayfaring Stranger Tab

by Ed Sheeran
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Mississippi Fingerstyle version: simple acoustic mix with rhythm, melody and harmony in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
Capo: no capo
Author MississippiHans [pro] 33,344. Last edit on Jan 27, 2019
Title:  Wayfaring Stranger
Artist: Ed Sheeran, https://youtu.be/buAzVkcH4YI
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: Q=100
Capo:  2, optionally
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked '+'.
A* = short for A bar strings 1-3 on fret 5.
 
[Intro]
   Am  +       +   E7  +       +     Am  +       +   E7  +       +     Am  +            +       +
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------0---|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2-------1-------1---|-----2-------2-------1-------1---|-----2------------2---2-------|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2------------2-------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-0----------------------------|
E|-----------------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|
                                                                                        I'm just a
                                                                                        I   know dark
 
[Verse]
   Am +     +  E7 +     +    Am +         +     +    Dm +      E7 +     +    E  +     +     +     +
E|-0-----------------0-----|--------------------0--|-----------------------|-0--------------------0--|
B|----------------3-----3--|-1---------------------|-3---------------1-h3--|-------------------------|
G|----2-----2--------------|----2---------2--2-----|----2---------2--------|----1-----1-----2--2-----|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2---------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-0-----------------------|
   poor           wayfaring  stranger,    Travelling through,     this world alone.         There's no
   clouds         will gather me,        And the beautiful fields lie just beyond me           And i 
 
   Am +     +  E7 +     +    Am +         +     +    Dm +      E7 +     +    Am     +     +     +
E|-0-----------------0-----|--------------------0--|-----------------------|--------------0--0-h3--|
B|----------------3-----3--|-1---------------------|-3------------1--------|-----------------------|
G|----2-----2--------------|----2---------2--2-----|----2------------2-p0--|-2------2--------------|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2---------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-----2-----------2-----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|
E|-------------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|
   sickness,         toil or danger,        and that bright light to which I go.          I'm going
   know   my way's rough and steep                 I know  my way's rough and steep       I'm going
 
 
[Chorus]
   A* +     +  G  +     +    Am +     +     +     +    A* +     +     +     +    C  +     +  E7 +     +
E|-5--------------3--5-\3--|-5-p0-----------0--0-h3--|-5--------------3-/5-\3--|-0--------------0--1-h3--|
B|----5-----5--------------|-------------------------|----5-----5--------------|-------------------------|
G|-------5-----------------|----------2--------------|-------5-----------------|----0-----0--------------|
D|-------------------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------------------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-------------3-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------0-----------|
   there          to see my  mother,        I'm going  there          no more to roam.          I'm only
   there          to see my  father,        I'm going  there          no more to roam.          I'm only
 
   Am +     +  E7 +     +    Am +         +     +    Dm +      E7 +     +    Am         +     +
E|-0--0-----------------0--|--------------------0--|-----------------------|------------------0--|
B|-------------------3-----|-1---------------------|-3------------1--------|---------------------|
G|----------2-----1--------|----2---------2--2-----|----2------------2-p0--|-2----------2--2-----|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2---------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-----2---------2-----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|-0-------------------|
E|-------------0-----------|-----------0-----------|-----------0-----------|---------0-----------|
   going             over    jordan,       I'm only  going           over    home.
   going             over    jordan,       I'm only  going           over    home.
 
[Outro]
   Am       +   E7  +       +     Am        +  E7  +       +
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-2--------2-------1-------1---|-2--------2-------1-------1---|  repeat and fade
D|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2-------|
A|-0----------------------------|-0----------------------------|
E|--------------0---------------|--------------0---------------|             
 
 
************************************
 
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
 
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