Old Country Church chords by Ralph Stanley

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

A E A



🎸 Chorus:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
        E                 A
Oh what joy they bring to me
                        D
How I long once more to be
        A              E           A
With my friends at the old country church

🎸 Instrumental:
A D A  A E
A D A  A E A


🎸 Verse 1:
                                     D          A
There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be
                                   E
With my friends at the old country church
           A                       D            A
There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent
                       E           A
With my friends at the old country church


🎸 Chorus:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
        E                 A
Oh what joy they bring to me
                        D
How I long once more to be
        A              E           A
With my friends at the old country church


🎸 Instrumental:
A D A  A E
A D A  A E A


🎸 Verse 2:
                              D            A
How I wish that today all the people would pray
                               E
As they did in the old country church
          A                   D            A
If they'd only confess
Jesus surely would bless
                 E           A
As he did in the old country church


🎸 Outro:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
        E                 A
Oh what joy they bring to me
                        D
How I long once more to be
        A              E           A
With my friends at the old country church