ADD7GD
Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder,
GDBmEAA7
Why it should be thus all the day long.
DD7GD
While there are others living about us,
GDBmADGD/F#EmD
Never molested though in the wrong.
A7DD7GD
Farther along we'll know all about it.
GDBmEAA7
Farther along we'll understand why.
DD7GD
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
GDBmADGD/F#EmD
We'll understand it all by and by.
A7DD7GD
When death has come and taken our loved ones,
GDBmEAA7
It leaves our homes so lonely and drear.
DD7GD
Then do we wonder why others prosper,
GDBmADGD/F#EmD
Living so wicked year after year.
A7DD7GD
Farther along we'll know all about it.
GDBmEAA7
Farther along we'll understand why.
DD7GD
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
GDBmADGD/F#EmD
We'll understand it all by and by.
A7DD7GDGDBmEAA7DD7GDGDBmADGD/F#EmDInstrumentalA7DD7GD
When we see Jesus coming in glory,
GDBmEA
When he comes down from his home in the sky.
BEE7AE
Then we shall meet him in that bright mansion,
AEC#BEAE
We'll understand it all by and by.
BEE7AE
Farther along we'll know all about it.
AEC#F#7B
Farther along we'll understand why.
EE7AE
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine,
AEC#BEAE
We'll understand it all by and by.
AEC#BAE
Yeah, we'll understand it all by and by.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.