[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

             
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I'm acquainted

              
 with folks ov

   
er there
            
There'll be fr

iends there to

 greet me
            
There'll be lo

ved ones to me

et me
             
At the gates o

            
f that city fo

        
ursquare

[Chorus]

            
Through the ye

              
ars through th

              
e tears they'v

  
e gone one by 

one
            
But they'll wa

              
it at the gate

   
 until my race

 is won
              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I'm acquainted

            
 with folks ov

        
er there

[Verse 2]

              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I've a home on

              
 the streets p

          
aved with gold
       
I will feel ri

ght at home th

ere
        
In that beauti

ful somewhere
             
With the loved

            
 ones whose me

             
mories I hold

[Chorus]

            
Through the ye

              
ars through th

              
e tears they'v

  
e gone one by 

one
            
But they'll wa

              
it at the gate

   
 until my race

 is won
              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I'm acquainted

            
 with folks ov

        
er there

[Verse 3]

              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
There'll be no

              
 lonely days o

    
ver there
         
There'll be no

 stormy weathe

r
      
But a great ti

me together
             
On the streets

            
 of that city 

          
foursquare

[Chorus]
            
Through the ye

              
ars through th

              
e tears they'v

  
e gone one by 

one
            
But they'll wa

              
it at the gate

   
 until my race

 is won
              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I'm acquainted

            
 with folks ov

        
er there

[Outro]
              
I'll not be a 

              
stranger when 

  
I get to that 

city
             
I'm acquainted

            
 with folks ov

        
er there