Chorus 
          C  
Oh, how I long for heaven in a place called earth
Where every son and daughter will know their worth
Where all the streets resound with thunderous joy
                               C         C  
Oh, how I long for heaven in a place called earth
Verse 
Cm              Bb      Ab                           Gm  Fm
Oh, the wars we haven't won, oh, the songs we've left unsung
                    Gm    Ab           Bb    Ab
Oh, the dreams we haven't seen, on the borderlines


Verse 
            Cm                     Bb        Ab
And here we are between all of our hopes and fear
                   Gm    Fm
Chasing down these stolen years
                   Gm     Ab           Bb   Ab
Reaching out for things unseen on the borderlines
    Bb    Ab
The borderlines


Chorus 
          Cm                   Bb          Cm
Oh, how I long for heaven in a place called earth
                                   Bb         Ab
Where every son and daughter would know their worth
                                      Bb      Eb
Where all the streets resound with thunderous joy
                                 Bb          Cm
Oh, how I long for heaven in a place called earth


Verse 
Cm               Bb     Ab                       Gm       Fm
Jesus name still on her tongue, questions buried in her lungs
              Gm     Ab           Bb    Ab        Bb    Ab
Oh my Father, why my son, on the borderlines, the borderlines


 Chorus  


Interlude
Cm   Bb   Ab         Ab   Gm   Fm         
Fm   Gm   Ab   Bb   Ab   Bb   Ab       Cm    

  
Verse 
         C                    Bb     Cm
I had a dream that I finally saw your face
                Bb       Ab
Dancing in the arms of grace
                    Gm       Ab
Dancing through the joys and pains
        Bb    Ab         Bb   Ab
On the borderlines, the borderlines


 Chorus  


Ending
           Cm
Oh, how I long for heaven in a place called earth