verse 1 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 wrongverse 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 yearF 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 byverse 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 byF 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 byF 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