The Old Churchyard chords by Pauline Scanlon
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: C
♫ Intro:
F G Am G
Am C F
♫ Verse 1:
F C Am G
Come, come with me to the old churchyard
C C/E F
I so well know that path 'neath the soft green sward.
F C Am G
Friends in there that we once did regard;
C C/E F F
We can trace out their names in the old churchyard.
♫ Refrain:
C C
Mourn not for them for their trials are o'er
Am F C G
And why weep for those who will weep no more?
F C Am G
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
C C/E F
Their pillows they be in the old churchyard.
♫ Interlude:
F G Am G
♫ Verse 2:
F C Am G
I know that it's vain when our friends depart
C C/E F
To breathe kind words to a broken heart;
F C Am G
And I know that the joy of life is marred
C C/E F F
When we follow all our friends to the old churchyard.
♫ Refrain:
C C/E C/A
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree
Am F C G
Why would you weep, my friends, for me?
F C Am G
I'm so weary, and worn, why would you retard
C C/E F
The peace I seek in the old churchyard?
♫ Interlude:
F G Am G
♫ Verse 3:
F C Am G
Why weep for me, for I'm ready to go
C C/E F
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;
F C Am G
And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb
C C/E F F
Where our saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.
♫ Refrain:
C C C/E
I rest in the hope that one bright day
Am F C G
Sunshine will burst through this prison of clay
F C Am G
And Gabriel's trumpet and the voice of the Lord
C C/E F
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard.
♫ Outro:
F G Am G
Am C F Published:
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