C
F
I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary
C
G
“Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?”
C
He said, “Talk of love not hate,
F
things to do – it’s getting late.
C
G
C
I’ve so little time and I’m only passing through.”
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C
Tell the people that you
G
C
saw me passing through.
C
I saw Adam leave the Garden
F
with an apple in his hand,
C
I said “Now you’re out,
G
what are you going to do?”
C
“Plant some crops and pray for rain,
F
maybe raise a little cane.
C
I’m an orphan now,
G
C
and I’m only passing through.”
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C
Tell the people that you
G
C
saw me passing through.
C
I was with Washington at Valley Ford,
F
shivering in the snow.
C
I said, “How come the men here
G
suffer like they do?”
C
“Men will suffer, men will fight,
F
even die for what is right
C
even though they know
G
C
they’re only passing through”
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C
Tell the people that you
G
C
saw me passing through.
C
I was with Franklin Roosevelt’s side
F
on the night before he died.
C
He said, “One world must come
G
out of World War Two” (ah, the fool)
C
“Yankee, Russian, white or tan,” he said,
F
“A man is still a man.
C
We’re all on one road,
G
C
and we’re only passing through.”
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C
Tell the people that you
G
C
saw me passing through.
C
Passing through, passing through.
C7
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
F
glad that I ran into you.
C
Tell the people that you
G
C
saw me passing through.
G
F
C7
C
