This songs is actually played in the key of A flat... Then after the second time through the chorus it transitions to the key of A.

For continuity sake here is an earlier post regarding I Want to Know How It Feels
http://www.namethathymn.com/hymn-lyrics ... opic&t=491

What do you mean eonb or aone?

Intro: E~~BonE-AonE ~~~ E~~ BonE-AonE AonB

E EonB E EonB
My mamma and daddy talked about going home
A AonE A
Since I was just a babe on their knees
B B/F#m
They said that nothing compared
B B
to what was waiting up there
A (C# D D# E G#-A- B) Bass notes
How one day we would finally be free.
E E/B E E/G#
Well I've never seen it, but I keep on believing
A A/D A
It will be a place like I've never known
B B/F#m B
I keep my eyes on the sky, ' cause my soul wants to fly
A/B B Bsus4 B
Lord, my heart is ready to go

Chorus
B A E
I wanna know how it feels
E A A
To make my way down the streets of gold.
A/F# B
I wanna know how it feels
E (G#A A# B) Bass Run
To have a talk with the Saints of old.
A/B E
I wanna know what it's like
F#m F#m
To rest my feet by the River of Life
F#m F#m B Bsus B
I've heard of Heaven and I know that it's real
B E~~ BonE-AonE B
I wanna know how it feels.



E E/B E E/B
Sometimes I get weary from this life that I live
A A/E A
It seems that peace is something I'll never find
B B/F#m
I try to lighten my load
B/F#m B B
when all that I've got to show
A (C# D D# E G#-A- B) Bass run
Is seven hundred things on my mind
E E/B E E/G#
And I'm seeing visions of the crystal clear river
A A/D A
Where sin's forgotten without a trace
B B/F#m B
More than I've ever dreamed, my eyes wanna see
A/B B Bsus4 B
The look of love on my Savior's face

Repeat Chorus 2x

Tag
F#m F#m B
I've heard of heaven and I know that it's real
B E~~BonE-AonE
I wanna know how it feels

ending chords
E~~BonE-AonE E

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