Key: D
Introduction: D Bm A D G D
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Tempted and tried we're often made to wonder,
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Why it should be thus all the day long.
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While there are others living about us,
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Never molested though in the wrong.
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Farther along we'll know all about it.
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Farther along we'll understand why.
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Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
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We'll understand it all by and by.
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When death has come and taken our loved ones,
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It leaves our homes so lonely and drear.
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Then do we wonder why others prosper,
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Living so wicked year after year.
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Farther along we'll know all about it.
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Farther along we'll understand why.
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Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
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We'll understand it all by and by.
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D G D Bm A D G D/F#Em D
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When we see Jesus coming in glory,
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When he comes down from his home in the sky.
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Then we shall meet him in that bright mansion,
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We'll understand it all by and by.
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Farther along we'll know all about it.
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Farther along we'll understand why.
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Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
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We'll understand it all by and by.
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Yeah, we'll understand it all by and by.