This World is Not My Home

Jim Reeves

Written by Albert E. Brumley

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

C                                  F         C
This world is not my home I'm just a passing through
                         D7                   G7
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
    C                F                  C
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door
                                 G7    C
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Verse 2

                   F                   C
Oh Lord you know I have no friend like you
                             D7               G7
If heaven's not my home then Lord what will I do
    C                     F             C
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door
                                 G7    C
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Verse 3

                            F             C
I have a loving mother just over in Glory land
                           D7                G7
And I don't expect to stop until I shake her hand
      C                     F             C
She's waiting now for me in heaven's open door
                                 G7    C
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Verse 4

                              F    C
Just over in Glory land we'll live eternally
                             D7       G7
The saints on every hand are shouting victory
      C                        F                        C
Their songs of sweetest praise drift back from heaven's shore
                                 G7    C
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore