Hymn Chords

472. A Song of Heaven and Homeland

Ab
Sometimes I hear strange music,

Ab7  Db                 Ab
Like none e’er heard be-fore,

     Eb              Ab
Come floating softly earthward

   Bb7                 Eb7
As thro’ heav’n’s open door:

   Ab
It seems like angel voices,

Ab7 Db            Ab
In strains of and love,

               Db     Ab
That swell the mighty chorus

Db Ab        Eb7      Ab
A- round the throne a-bove.

  C                Fm
O sweet, celestial music,

Ab    Eb     Eb7    Ab
Heard from a land a-far-


The song of Heav’n and Homeland,

Ddim7 G#        D#7      G#
Thro’ doors God leaves a-jar!


[[Full Lyrics]]

[Verse 1]
Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none e’er heard before,
Come floating softly earthward
As thro’ heav’n’s open door:
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of and love,
That swell the mighty chorus
Around the throne above.

[Refrain]
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afar-
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
Thro’ doors God leaves ajar!

[Verse 2]
Now soft, and low, and restful,
It floods my soul with peace,
As if God’s benediction
Bade all earth’s troubles cease.
Then grander than the voices,
Of wind, and wave, and sea-
It fills the dome of heaven
With glorious harmony.

[Verse 3]
This music haunts me ever,
Like something heard in dreams-
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heav’nly winds and streams,
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
I’ll sing it with the angels-
The song of heav’n and home.