Old Churchyard chords by The Wailin Jennys

• Key: D

Verse I:
  G              A          D          A
Come, come with me to the old churchyard
      D              A                  G
I so well know these paths 'neath the soft green sward
   G                 A             D         A
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard
          D                           G
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard

Chorus:
  D
Mourn not for them for their trials are o'er
               G                    A
Why weep for those who will weep no more?
     G               A           D        A
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
       D                    G
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard

Verse 2:
   G          A        D      A
I know it's vain when friends depart
   D            A          G
To breathe kind words to a broken heart
      G          A          D      A
And I know that the joy of life is marred
        D                           G
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard

Chorus:
    D
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree
               G                    A
Why would you weep, my friends, for me?
       G         A            D         A
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
     D                       G
The peace that I seek in the old churchyard?

Verse 3:
    G        A           D          A
Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
        D        A             G
To that haven of rest where no tears e'er flow?
      G           A              D       A
And I fear not my fate when it's time to depart
       D             A          G
I will sail with the sun in the old churchyard

Chorus:
  D
I rest in the hope that one bright day
              G                   A
Sunshine will burst through these prisons of clay
        G             A            D              A
And the trumpets will sound on the hills near and far
     D                       G
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard

Chorus:
  D
I rest in the hope that one bright day
              G                   A
Sunshine will burst through these prisons of clay
        G             A            D              A
And the trumpets will sound on the hills near and far
     D                       G
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard

Outro:
    G             A            D              A
The trumpets will sound on the hills near and far
     D                       G
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard