When The Saints

{name: VERSE 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 {name: Pre-CHORUS} Em7 G And when I'm weary and overwrought Bm E with so many battles left unfought {name: CHORUS} 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 Bm A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them {name: VERSE 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 {name: Pre-CHORUS} Em7 G And when I'm weary and overwrought Bm E with so many battles left unfought {name: CHORUS} 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 Bm A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Bm A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them {name: BRIDGE} 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 - Bm A G And when the Saints go marching in D G I want to be one of them Bm 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