Chords for When The Saints - Sara Groves (Freedom Version)

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_ _ _ Lord, I have a _ [F#m] heavy burden _ _ _
[D] It's all I've seen [Em]
and [A] _ know _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ And your word is [F#m] like a fire
_ And [A] I _ cannot _ [Em] let it [A] _ _ go
_ And [E] when I'm weary _ [F] and _ [F#m] _ _ overrun _ _
With [D] so many _ _ battles left _ [A] _ _ _ [E] unfought _
I [D] see [A] Paul and Silas in [D] the prison [A] yard
I hear [D] their song [A] of freedom _ rising to the [E] stars
And [F#m] when the saints [E] _ go [B] marching _ _ in _
I [D] want to be _ _ _ [A] one of them _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Lord, it's all that [F#m] I can _ carry _ _
[D] Who can I leave [E] _
_ [A] behind? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So I think of [F#m] those _ before _ me
[D] Who lived a faithful [E] _
_ [A] _ _ life
_ And [E] when I'm weary _ _ [F]
and [F#m] overrun _ _ _ _
With [D] so many _ battles left _ [A] _ _ _ [E] unfought _
I [D] see the shepherd [A] Moses _ _ [D] in the _ [B] Pharaoh's [A] court _
I [D] hear his [B] call for [A] freedom _ [E] for the people of the Lord
And [F#m] when the [E] saints go [B] marching _ in _ _
I [D] want to _ be _ one [A] _ of them _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ Ooh, _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
ooh, [A] ooh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] ooh
Ooh, _ _ ooh, ooh, [D] _ _ ooh
_ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] And when I'm weary _ and _ [F#m] _ overrun _ _ _
With [D] so many _ battles left _ [A] _ _ unfought
[E] _ _
I [D] see the [A] long quiet walk _ along [D] the [A] underground railroad. _
I [D] see [A] Harriet _ awakening to [E] the value of her soul.
I see [D] the [B] young missionary [A] _ _
and [D] the angry [A] spear.
I see [D] his family _ [A] returning with [E] no _ trace [E] of fear.
I see [D] the long [B] hard [A] shadows of [D] _ _ [B] Calcutta [A] nights.
I see [D] that _ [B] sister [A] standing by [E] that dying man's side.
I see [D] the young [B] girl [A] _ huddled on [D] the [B] brothel [A] floor.
I see [D] a [B] man with a [A] passion _
[E] coming [A] kicking down [E] that door.
I see [D] the [B] man [A] I've sidelined [D] in his [Bm] long troubled [A] road.
I see [D] the [Bm] world on his [A] _ shoulders and [E] my [A] easy [E] _ load.
And [F#m] where the [E] saints go [B] marching _ _ in, _ I [D] want to _ be _ one [A] of them. _ _
And where [F#m] the _ _ [E] saints go [B] marching _ _ _ in, I [D] want to be _ one _ [A] of them.
_ I _
_ [D] want to be _ _ one [A] of them.
_ Oh, I [D] want to be _ _ _ one of [A] them. _ _ _ _