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