Lucky me, I have a new arranging partner. So, Louis, how about this way for the song, in G? (Still not sure what key we'll eventually land in.)
Whole lyric follows below.
~S~
1. (G)There's a sweet for- (C)ever, And it's (G)just across the (C)river, (G)Where we will (C)never have to (D)cry.(D7) And (G)there no sorrow (C)will be. In that (G)land, oh, we'll (C)be free, (D)Giving praises (C)to our (G)God.
REFRAIN: (D)I'm going to (A)hold To the (C)Savior's (D)hand. (D)I've got a (A7)home In the (C)sweet forever- (G)land.
Learned from the singing of the Sensational Nightingales on their 1982 Malaco LP, "He is Real." Heard on WFMU radio's Sinner's Crossroads with Kevin Nutt.
1. There's a sweet forever, And it's just across the river, Where we will never have to cry. And there no sorrow will be. In that land, oh, we'll be free, Giving praises to our God.
REFRAIN: I'm going to hold To the Savior's hand. I've got a home In the sweet foreverland.
2. There'll be singin' And there'll be bells a-ringing; The angels will be clappin' their hands. And there'll be hearts a-prayin' Oh the people will be sayin' "Glory to the precious Lamb of God."
3. He's the One who led us Through the weariness and bareness-- Jesus is the One who held us in his hand. Children, we will never Have to leave the sweet forever Where there's no sorrow nor pain.