Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: A D A My favorite memories are some of my first E Like a Sunday night meetin' at an old A country church D Sometimes my grandparents, they would come A and take me E To an old country church house on Gaylor A
Creek Verse 2: A D We all knew our neighbors, everyone there A was friends And the preacher worked the timber like E A all of the men D We were baptized in water, we were washed in A the blood E Don't remember much money but I recall lots A A7 of love Chorus: D That church was a long time ago, yeah I'm A talkin' distance and years E I'm not for certain that I could even get A A7 there from here D But on nights when I'm sober, not blinded by A all that I see E My mind washes up at that church on Gaylor A Creek Instrumental: D A D A E A Verse 3: A D A So many barrooms, so many strangers D A A7 Women and whiskey, so many dangers D That old honky tonk highway, that's a wild A horse to rope E Son, I've seen enough neon to circle the A A7 globe Chorus: D That church was a long time ago, yeah I'm A talkin' distance and years E I'm not for certain that I could even get A A7 there from here D But on nights when I'm sober, not blinded by A all that I see E My mind washes up at that church on Gaylor A Creek
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