This world is not what it was (E)meant to be;
all this pain, all this (E)suf fer ing.
There’s a bet ter place (E)wait ing for me in (C#m7)heav en.
Lay Ev ’ry tear dens, will be (E)wiped a way,
I ev ’ry sor row and (E)sin e rased.
We’ll dance on might y of a (E)maz ing grace in (C#m7)heav en,
in (Asus2)heav en.
I’m go ing (E)home where the streets are gold en,
ev ’ry chain is bro ken.
Oh, I wan na go,
oh, I wan na go (E)home, where ev ’ry fear is gone,
I’m in Your o pen arms
where I be long.
(E)Home.
Lay down my tear dens, I lay (E)down my past.
I run to Je sus, no (E)turn ing back.
Thank God Al might y I’ll be (E)free at last in (C#m7)heav en,
in (Asus2)heav en.
I’m go ing (E)home where the streets are gold en,
ev ’ry chain is bro ken.
Oh, I wan na go,
oh, I wan na go (E)home, where ev ’ry fear is gone,
I’m in Your o pen arms
where I be long.
(E)Home.
(E)Blind ed eyes will (A)fi n’lly see, the (E)dead will rise on the (A)shores of e ter ni ty.
The (E)trump will sound, the (F#m7)an gels will sing, “Hal le (C#m7)lu jah!
Hal le (E)lu jah!” (A)I am go (B7sus)ing (E)home where the streets are gold en,
ev ’ry chain is bro ken.
Oh, I wan na go,
oh, I wan na go (E)home, where ev ’ry fear is gone,
I’m in Your o pen arms
where I be long,
where I be long.
I’m go ing home.
I’m go ing home.
I’m on my way (E)home.
I’m go ing home.
This page shows “Home” by Chris Tomlin in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 84 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.