Aka, Just Over The Mountains
Words and Music by John R. Sweney
Arranged by C.P. Whitford
SDA Church Hymnal (1941) Hymn #642
Capo 1 (optional)
[Verse 1]
C G7 C
Just over the mountains in the Promised Land,
C Am Dm D7 G
Lies the holy city built by God’s own hand;
C F C
As our weary footsteps gain the mountain’s crest,
G7 C F C G7 C
We can view our homeland of eternal rest.
[Refrain]
C G7 C G7 C
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
C F C
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
C G7 C
See the glory streaming from the “gates ajar”
C Fm C
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
C F D
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
D G7 C
We are nearing home!
[Verse 2]
C G7 C
In the rolls of the prophets we have long been told
C Am Dm D7 G
Of that wondrous city with its streets of gold;
C F C
Now with raptured vision we can see it there,
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With its walls of jasper and its mansions fair.
[Refrain]
C G7 C G7 C
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
C F C
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
C G7 C
See the glory streaming from the “gates ajar”
C Fm C
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
C F D
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
D G7 C
We are nearing home!
[Verse 3]
C G7 C
Those who enter that city are the faithful few
C Am Dm D7 G
Who keep God's commandments-faith of Je-sus, too;
C F C
There we'll lift our voices through the endless days,
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In sweet songs of gladness and in psalms of praise.
[Refrain]
C G7 C G7 C
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
C F C
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
C G7 C
See the glory streaming from the “gates ajar”
C Fm C
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
C F D
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
D G7 C
We are nearing home!
[Verse 4]
C G7 C
My brother, my sister, will you meet us there,
C Am Dm D7 G
In that land of sunshine where there'll be no care?
C F C
Accept of God's message, and to Him be true;
G7 C F C G7 C
Then when Jesus cometh He will call for you.
[Refrain]
C G7 C G7 C
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
C F C
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
C G7 C
See the glory streaming from the “gates ajar”
C Fm C
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
C F D
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
D G7 C
We are nearing home!