Verse: (This verse sung ACAPELLA)
F#
We are surrounded,
B F#
By a world that's not our home.
C#
We are grounded,
B C#
Until it comes our time to go.
Ebm
And our souls are aching
B F#
With a void that won't be filled.
C#
'Till we see our mansion,
B F#
High up on the hill.
Verse:
F#
All the tear-stained pages,
B F#
That fill the stories of our lives,
C#
Will be erased when,
B C#
Love lifts up our tired eyes.
Ebm
And we see Jesus
B F#
For the first time face to face
C#
All the pain will fall
B F#
A million miles away.
Ebm
'Cause Heaven is the Hope that we hold on to.
B
Heaven is the Promise for me and for you
F#
That all we really are is passing through
C#
To something better.
Ebm
Weeping may last all through the night,
B
But Joy is gonna come with the Morning Light.
F#
And Heaven is the place where you and I
C#
Are gonna live forever.
F#
Ah, Heaven is the hope
B
Heaven is the hope
Ebm C# F# F#
Heaven is the hope, we hold on to.
F#
Hey ay ay ay
Ebm C# F#
Woh oh oh woh oh woh oh oh
Verse:
F#
Oh, I'm so excited
B F#
And now my heart can hardly wait.
C#
To see all the loved ones,
B C#
We have lost along the way.
Ebm
And every sickness,
B F#
It will be healed once and for all.
C# B
And every burden we have bare,
F#
Will finally fall.
Ebm
'Cause Heaven is the Hope that we hold on to.
B
And Heaven is the Promise for me and for you
F#
That all we really are is passing through
C#
To something better.
Ebm
Oh, and Weeping may last all through the night,
B
But Joy is gonna come with the Morning Light.
F#
And Heaven is the place where you and I
C#
Are gonna live forever.
F#
Ah, Heaven is the hope
B
Heaven is the hope
Ebm C# F#
Heaven is the hope, we hold on to.
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