Misc Praise Songs – I Need No Mansion Here Below (Guitar)

          C                C7
When burdens come, so hard to bear

         F                  C
That no earthly friend can share,

             C                                    G
Tears drive away the smiles and leave my heart in pain.

        C                 C7
Then my Lord, from Heaven above,

          F              C
Speaks to me in tones of love,

          C              G              C
Wipes the tears away and makes me smile again.

          F
I need no mansion here below,

    C7     C
For Jesus said that I could go

     C                                     G
To a home beyond the clouds, not made with hands.

             C           C7
Oh won’t you come and go along?

        F                 C
We will sing the sweetest song

     C               G            C
Ever played upon the harp in Gloryland.

         C               C7
Oh the thought to me is sweet,

        F                  C
That my loved ones I shall meet,

       C                          G
At the ending of the journey here below.

        C                 C7
Seems I hear their voices blend

     F                C
In a world without an end.

        C              G                  C
I won’t worry when the time shall come to go.

          F
I need no mansion here below,

    C7     C
For Jesus said that I could go

     C                                     G
To a home beyond the clouds, not made with hands.

             C           C7
Oh won’t you come and go along?

        F                 C
We will sing the sweetest song

     C               G            C
Ever played upon the harp in Gloryland.

           C                  C7
When Jesus comes to claim His own,

       F              C
I will move to my new home.

              C                                 G
I’ll walk and talk with Him upon the streets of gold.

          C           C7
A mansion is awaiting me.

         F             C
Soon its beauty I will see,

        C             G                C
In that city where we never shall grow old.

          F
I need no mansion here below,

    C7     C
For Jesus said that I could go

     C                                     G
To a home beyond the clouds, not made with hands.

             C           C7
Oh won’t you come and go along?

        F                 C
We will sing the sweetest song

     C               G            C
Ever played upon the harp in Gloryland.

             C            C7
Oh won’t you come and go along?

        F                 C
We will sing the sweetest song

     C               G            C
Ever played upon the harp in Gloryland.