G
C
G
There’s a place near to me where I’m longing to be
Em
D7
With my friends at the old country church
G
C
G
There with mother we went and our Sundays were spent
Em
G
With my friends at the old country church
D7
G
Precious years of memories oh what joy they bring to me
C
How I long that place to be
G
D7
G
With my friends at the old country church
C
G
As a small country boy how my heart beat with joy
Em
D7
When I knelt in the old country church
G
C
G
And the Savior above by His wonderful love
Em
D7
G
Saved my soul in the old country church
D7
G
Precious years of memories oh what joy they bring to me
C
How I long that place to be
G
D7
G
With my friends at the old country church
C
G
Of’t my thoughts make me weep for so many now sleep
Em
D7
In their graves near the old country church
G
C
G
And sometime I may rest with the friends I love best
Em
D7
G
In a grave near the old country church
G
D7
Em
C