C                       F              C
Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder 
                      D           G 
Why it should be thus all the day long
                C      F      C
While there are others living about us 
               G7            C
Never molested though in the wrong 


[Chorus]
                    F              C
Farther along we'll know all about it 
                    D          G 
Farther along we'll understand why
            C       F           C
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine 
                    G7         C
We'll understand it all by and by


[Verse 2}

C                        F               C
When death has come and taken our loved ones
                       D          G 
It leaves our homes so lonely and drear
C                     F      C
Then do we wonder why others prosper
                 G7         C
Living so wicked year after year


[Chorus]
                    F              C
Farther along we'll know all about it 
                    D          G 
Farther along we'll understand why
            C       F           C
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine 
                    G7         C
We'll understand it all by and by 


[Verse 3}

C                 F           C
When we see Jesus coming in glory
                   D                    G
When he comes down from his home in the sky
C                   F                  C
Then we shall meet him in that bright mansion
                    G7         C
We'll understand it all by and by


[Chorus]
                    F              C
Farther along we'll know all about it 
                    D          G 
Farther along we'll understand why
            C       F           C
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine 
                    G7         C
We'll understand it all by and by