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