Verse
E A E
There's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be
B7
With my friends at the old country church
E A E
There with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent
E B7 E
With our friends at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7 E
Oh what joy they bring to me
A
How I long once more to be
E B7 E
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A E
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
B7
As I knelt in the old country church
E A E
And the savior above in his wonderful love
B7 E
Saved my soul at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7 E
Oh what joy they bring to me
A
How I long once more to be
E B7 E
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A E
How I wish that today all the people would pray
B7
As we prayed in the old country church
E A E
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
B7 E
As we did in the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7 E
Oh what joy they bring to me
A
How I long once more to be
E B7 E
With my friends at the old country church
Verse
A E
Oh my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep
B7
In that grave near the old country church
E A E
May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end
B7 E
In the grave near the old country church
Precious years of memory's
B7 E
Oh what joy they bring to me
A
How I long once more to be
E B7 E
With my friends at the old country church