E.E.Rexford/Ira D. Sankey
SDA Church Hymnal (1985) Hymn # 472
[Verse 1]
G C G
Sometimes I hear strange music,
C G
Like none e’er heard before,
G D C G
Come floating softly earthward
G C D
As thro’ Heav’n’s open door:
G C G
It seems like angel voices,
C G
In strains of joy and love,
G C G
That swell the mighty chorus
C D G
A - round the throne above.
[Refrain]
G D C G
O sweet, celestial music,
D D7
Heard from a land afar—
G C G
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
C G D D7 G
Thro’ doors God leaves a - jar!
[Verse 2]
G C G
Now soft, and low, and restful,
C G
It floods my soul with peace,
G D C G
As if God’s benediction
G C D
Bade all earth’s troubles cease.
G C G
Then, grander than the voices
C G
Of wind, and wave, and sea—
G C G
It fills the dome of Heaven
C D G
With glorious harmony.
[Refrain]
G D C G
O sweet, celestial music,
D D7
Heard from a land afar—
G C G
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
C G D D7 G
Thro’ doors God leaves a - jar!
[Verse 3]
G C G
This music haunts me ever,
C G
Like something heard in dreams—
G D C G
It seems to catch the cadence
G C D
Of heav’nly winds and streams.
G C G
My heart is filled with rapture,
C G
To think, some day to come,
G C G
I’ll sing it with the angels—
C D G
The song of Heav’n and home.
[Refrain]
G D C G
O sweet, celestial music,
D D7
Heard from a land afar—
G C G
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
C G D D7 G
Thro’ doors God leaves a - jar!