Tono: D
Introducción:
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There's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be
A7
With my friends at the old country church
D D/F# G D
There with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent
A D
With our friends at the old country church
D
Precious years of memory's
A7 D
Oh, what joy they bring to me
G
How I long once more to be
D A7 D
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
D G D
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
A7
As I knelt in the old country church
D G D
And the savior above in his wonderful love
A7 D
Saved my soul at the old country church
D
Precious years of memory's
A7 D
Oh, what joy they bring to me
G
How I long once more to be
D A7 D
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
D G D
How I wish that today all the people would pray
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As we prayed in the old country church
D G D
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
A7 D
As we did in the old country church
D
Precious years of memory's
A7 D
Oh, what joy they bring to me
G
How I long once more to be
D A7 D
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
D G D
Oh, my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep
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In that grave near the old country church
D G D
May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end
A7 D
In the grave near the old country church
D
Precious years of memory's
A7 D
Oh, what joy they bring to me
G
How I long once more to be
D A7 D
With my friends at the old country church