G C G Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder C G A D Why it should be thus all the day long G C G While there are others living about us C G D G Never molested though in the wrong Chorus G C G Farther along we'll know all about it C G A D Farther along we'll understand why G C G Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine C G D G We'll understand it all by and by Verse 2 G C G When death has come and taken our loved ones C G A D It leaves our home so lonely and drear G C G Then do we wonder why others prosper C G D G Living so wicked year after year Chorus Verse 3 G C G When we see Jesus coming in Glory C G A D When He comes from His home in the sky G C G Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion C G D G We'll understand it all by and by