The Old Churchyard chords by Pauline Scanlon

• 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