When I’m On My Journey
(Don’t You Weep After Me)
Key: C

Chords and Lyrics provided by Judy Muldawer
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Chorus:
C
When I’m on my journey
                     G7
Don’t you weep after me
When I’m on my journey
                     C
Don’t you weep after me
               C7
When I”m on my journey
          F          C
Don’t you weep after me
                    G7         C G7
I don’t want you to weep after me

Verse 1:
C
Every little kitten
                     G7
Must grow up to be a cat
Every little kitten
                     C
Must grow up to be a cat
             C7
Every little kitten
          F          C
Must grow up to be a cat
                    G7        C   G7
I don’t want you to weep over that

Chorus Repeat:

Verse 2:
C
Every little spirit
                     G7
must grow up to be a spook
Every little spirit
                     C
must grow up to be a spook
             C7
Every little spirit
          F          C
must grow up to be a spook
                    G7          C G7
I don’t want you to creep after me

Chorus Repeat:

Verse 3:
C
Every little seedling
                     G7
must grow up to be a tree
Every little seedling
                     C
must grow up to be a tree
             C7
Every little seedling
          F          C   C
must grow up to be a tree
                    G7         C G7
I don’t want you to weep after me

Chorus Repeat:

Verse 4:
C
Every lonely river
                    G7
must go home to the sea
Every lonely river
                    C
must go home to the sea
             C7
Every lonely river
        F           C
must go home to the sea
                    G7         C  G7
I don’t want you to weep after me.

Chorus Repeat:

Verse 5:
C
High upon the mountain
                        G7
Leave my sorrows down below
High upon the mountain
                        C
Leave my sorrows down below
              C7
High upon the mountain
         F              C
Leave my sorrows down below
                    G7         C G7
I don’t want you to weep after me

Chorus Repeat:

Verse 6:
C
When the stars are fallin’ and
                      G7
the thunder starts to roar
When the stars are fallin’ and
                      C
the thunder starts to roar
                   C7
When the stars are fallin’ and
    F                 C
the thunder starts to roar
                    G7         C G7C
I don’t want you to weep after me

Chorus Repeat: