Old Country Church chords by Ralph Stanley

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

A E A



🎸 Chorus:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
    E         A
Oh what joy they bring to me
            D
How I long once more to be
    A       E      A
With my friends at the old country church

🎸 Instrumental:
A D A A E
A D A A E A


🎸 Verse 1:
                   D     A
There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be
                  E
With my friends at the old country church
      A            D      A
There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent
            E      A
With my friends at the old country church


🎸 Chorus:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
    E         A
Oh what joy they bring to me
            D
How I long once more to be
    A       E      A
With my friends at the old country church


🎸 Instrumental:
A D A A E
A D A A E A


🎸 Verse 2:
               D      A
How I wish that today all the people would pray
                E
As they did in the old country church
     A          D      A
If they'd only confess
Jesus surely would bless
         E      A
As he did in the old country church


🎸 Outro:
A
Precious years, sweet memory
    E         A
Oh what joy they bring to me
            D
How I long once more to be
    A       E      A
With my friends at the old country church