Tom: D Verso 1: D A D Lord I have a heavy burden of all I´ve seen and know A It´s more than I can handle D A D But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones A and I can´t let it go Pré-Refrão: Em7 G And when I´m weary and overwrought Bm9 E with so many battles left unfought Refrão: G D G D I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard G D A I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars Bm9 A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Verso 2: D A D Lord it´s all that I can´t carry and cannot leave behind A It often overwhelms me D A D But when I think of all who´ve gone before and lived the faithful life A their courage compells me Pré-Refrão: Em7 G And when I´m weary and overwrought Bm9 E with so many battles left unfought Refrão: G D G D I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard G D A I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars G D G D I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court G D A I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord Bm9 A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Bm9 A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Ponte: G D G D I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad G D A I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul G D G D I see the young missionary and the angry spear G D A I see his family returning with no trace of fear G D G D I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights G D A I see the sisters standing by the dying man´s side G D G D I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor G D A I see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door G D G D I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road G D A I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load Bm9 A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Bm9 A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them D G I want to be one of them D G I want to be one of them D G I want to be one of them