Chords with lyrics
Verse
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
There's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be
B7B7
With my friends at the old country church
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
There with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
With our friends at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7B7 E MajorE
Oh what joy they bring to me
A augmentedA
How I long once more to be
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A augmentedA E MajorE
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
B7B7
As I knelt in the old country church
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
And the savior above in his wonderful love
B7B7 E MajorE
Saved my soul at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7B7 E MajorE
Oh what joy they bring to me
A augmentedA
How I long once more to be
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A augmentedA E MajorE
How I wish that today all the people would pray
B7B7
As we prayed in the old country church
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
B7B7 E MajorE
As we did in the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7B7 E MajorE
Oh what joy they bring to me
A augmentedA
How I long once more to be
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A augmentedA E MajorE
Oh my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep
B7B7
In that grave near the old country church
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end
B7B7 E MajorE
In the grave near the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7B7 E MajorE
Oh what joy they bring to me
A augmentedA
How I long once more to be
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
With my friends at the old country church