Verse 

          D                          G          D 
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 


[Refrão]

         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 


[Refrão]

         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 
                                A7 
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 


[Refrão]

         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 
                                   A7 
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 


[Refrão]
 
         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