Just a Little While (Soon This Life Will be All Over)
E. M. Bartlett
Public Domain
(C) Soon this life will all (F) be (C) over
And our pilgrimage (G) will (C) end, (C7)
(F) Soon we’ll take our heav’nly (C) journey, (A7)
(D7)Be at home again with (G) friends;
(C) Heaven’s gates are stan(F)ding (C) open,
Waiting for our en(G)trance (C) there, (C7)
(F) Some sweet day we’re (C) going (A7)over,
(D7) All the (G) beauties there to (C) share.
Refrain:
(C) Just a little while (F) to (C) stay here,
Just a little while(G) to (C) wait, (C7)
(F)Just a little while to (C) labor (A7)
(D7) In the path that’s always (G) straight,
Just a little more (F) of (C) troubles,
In this low and sin(G)ful (C) state,
(F) Then we’ll enter Heaven’s (C) portals,(A7)
(D7)Sweeping (G)through the pearly (C) gates.
Verse 2
(C) Soon we’ll see the light (F) of (C) morning
Then the new day will (G) be(C)gin, (C7)
(F) Soon we’ll hear the Father (C) calling, (A7)
(D7) “Come my children enter (G)in;”
(C) Then we’ll hear a choir (F) of (C) angels,
(C) Singing out the vict’ry(G) song, (C) (C7)
(F) All our troubles will be (C) ended (A7)
(D7) And we’ll (G) live with heaven’s (C) throng.
[Refrain]
Verse 3
(C) Soon we’ll meet again (F) our (C) loved ones
And we’ll take them by (G) the (C) hand, (C7)
(F) Soon we’ll press them to our (C) bosom (A7)
(D7) Over in the promised (G) land;
(C) Then we’ll be at home (F) for(C)ever,
Throughout all eter(G)nity,(C)
(F)What a blessed, blessed (C) morning (A7)
(D7) That et(G)ernal morn will (C) be!
[Refrain]