Tom: F
Intro (Strum Once):
F
Verse 1:
F A#
Here among the shadows in a lonely land,
F C
We're a band of pilgrims on the move;
F A#
Burdened down with sorrows, shunned on every hand,
F C F
Looking for a city built above.
Chorus:
F A# F
Looking for a city, where we'll never die,
F G C
There the sainted millions, never say good-bye,
F A# F
There we'll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
A# F G C F A# F
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
(The next verse is not sung in the actual recording, hence the [ ], but it's nice
to have the full version of songs)
Verse 2:
F A#
[Here in disappointment we so sadly roam,
F C
Friends no longer speak one word of love;
F A#
O we have found contentment, Jesus promised us a home,
F C F
And I'm looking for a city built above.]
Chorus:
F A# F
Looking for a city, where we'll never die,
F G C
There the sainted millions, never say good-bye,
F A# F
There we'll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
A# F G C F A# F
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
Verse 3:
F A#
In this land of dangers going here and there
F C
Trusting in the blessed Saviors love;
F A#
Tho' we may be strangers, in this world of care,
F C F
Looking for a city built above.
Chorus:
F A# F
Looking for a city, where we'll never die,
F G C
There the sainted millions, never say good-bye,
F A# F
There we'll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
A# F G C F A# F
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
