Wayfaring Stranger

I love the versions by Ed Sheeran, Dolly Parton,  Emmylou Harris and Johnny Cash.
Though the off-tune versions by Bill Monroe (few more versions in this playlist) and Jack White have a strange beauty too.

I am a (Am) poor way- (E7) faring (Am) stranger
While travelling (Dm) through this world of (E7) woe
There's no (Am) sick- (E7) ness no toil or (Am) danger
In that bright (Dm) wo- (E7) rld to which I (Am) go
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) father
I'm going (F) there (G) no more to (C) ro- (E7) am
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)

I know dark (Am) clouds will (E7) gather a- (Am) round me
I know my (Dm) path is rough and (E7) steep
But golden (Am) fields lie (E7) there be- (Am) fore me
Where weary (Dm) eyes no (E7) more shall (Am) weep
I'm going (F) there (G) to see my (C) mother
She said she'd (F) meet me (G) when I (C) come (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)

I'll soon be (Am) free from (E7) every (Am) trial
This form will (Dm) rest beneath the (E7) sod
I'll drop the (Am) cross of (E7) self de- (Am) nial,
And enter (Dm) in my (E7) home with (Am) God.
I'm going (F) there to (G) see my (C) Saviour
Who shed for (F) me His (G) precious (C) blood (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)

I'm going to (Am) wear the (E7) crown of (Am) glory
When I get (Dm) home to that bright (E7) land
I'm going to (Am) shout salvation's (Am) story
In concert (Dm) with that (E7) bloodwashed (Am) band
I'm going (F) there (G) to meet my (C) Saviour
To sing His (F) praises (G) for ever (C) more (E7)
I’m only (Am) go- (E7) ing over (Am) Jordan
I’m only (Dm) go- (E7) ing over (Am) home (E7)

Hula Girl

A fun little song, and not too hard, I think. This one is in the key of F, like mine below.
There's a few versions in G as well. That one has the chords in G in the description.
Love this one with Robert Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders.

F D7 G7 C7 F

F                          G7
All the time, In the tropical clime, where they do the hula hula dance
C7     F                    Bb                F    
I fell in love, With a chocolate dove while learning that funny funny dance
        F  G7
This poor little kid, Why, she never did a bit of loving before
       G7                                    F        G7             C7    F
So I made up my mind, That I struck a find,  she's the only girl I'd dare adore

[CHORUS]

C7                                                    F
I love a pretty little Honolulu, hula hula girl (she's the candy kid to wriggle)
C7
Hula girl, (she will surely make you giggle)
F
Hula girl, (with her naughty little wiggle)
C7 F
Some day, I'm goin' to try to make this hula hula girlie mine, this girlie mine
             D7           G7        F             C7     F              
'Cause all the while I'm dreaming of her my Honolulu hula girl

C7 F C7 F C7 F D7 G7  F C7 F

F         G7
Out at the beach, with your dear little peach where the waves are rolling in so high
C7         F                      Bb                       F
Holding her hand, while you sit on the sand, promise you'll win her heart or die
F G7
You start in to tease, you give her a squeeze her heart is all in a whirl
G7       F                             G7                    C7    F
If you get in a pinch, go to, it's a cinch! When spooning with a hula girl

[CHORUS]

Umbrella

A simple song that sounds great.  For Em you can play 4432 or even 0402 which has a nice ringing quality because of the open strings. You can alternate Bm and Bm7, just play 4222 for Bm and 2222 for Bm6. I think that's Bm6 but I don't give a fiddler's fart. Gsus2 is just G with the bottom string open so 0230. Bsus4 is 4422, just an extra note in B 4322.

Here's the version I like: by Biffy Clyro. Like the way they start with the single strums.

This version is in Am rather than Em but also charming. Coeur De Pirate. Great name. Love the dress too.


      Em
You have my heart

And we'll never be worlds apart
         Bm7 2222
Maybe in magazines

But you'll still be my star
                   Em
Baby cause in the dark

You can't see shiny cars
                    Bm7
And that's when you need me there

With you I'll always share

Because

(Chorus)

C                                  Gsus2 - G
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
                         Bm
Told you I'll be here forever
                      Em
Said I'll always be a friend
                                        C
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
                                Gsus2
Now that it's raining more than ever
                                Bm
Know that we'll still have each other
                          Em
You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

(Verse)
      Em
These fancy things, will never come in between
                  Bm7
You're part of my entity, here for Infinity
                 Em
When the war has took it's part

When the world has dealt it's cards
       Bm7
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart

Because

(Chorus)
C                                  Gsus2
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
                         Bm
Told you I'll be here forever
                      Em
Said I'll always be a friend
                                        C
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
                                Gsus2
Now that it's raining more than ever
                                Bm
Know that we'll still have each other
                          Em
You can stand under my umbrella
                          C
You can stand under my umbrella
              Gsus2
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
            Bm
Under my umbrella
              Em
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
            C
Under my umbrella
              Gsus2
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
            Bm
Under my umbrella
              Em
(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

(Bridge)

F
You can run into my arms
C
It's okay don't be alarmed
     Gsus2
Come into me

(There's no distance in between our love)
F
So go on let the rain pour
C                        Bsus4
I'll be all you need and more

Because

(Chorus)

C                                  Gsus2 - G
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
                         Bm
Told you I'll be here forever
                      Em
Said I'll always be a friend
                                        C
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
                                Gsus2 (0230)
Now that it's raining more than ever
                                Bm
Know that we'll still have each other
                          Em
You can stand under my umbrella
                          C
You can stand under my umbrella
              Gsus2
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
            Bm
Under my umbrella
              Em
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
            C
Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)