This World Is Not My Home

Merle Haggard

Written by Albert Edward Brumley

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

C                         F                  C
This world is not my home I'm just a-passin' 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
They're all expecting me and that's one thing I know
                          D7           G7
My Savior pardoned me and now I onward go
  C                                 F             C
I know He'll take me through though I am weak and poor
                                 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

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 5

                                G7       C
No I can't feel at home in this world anymore