{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1513315,"song":"The Old Churchyard","artist":"The Watersons","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11279825-the-old-churchyard-chords-by-the-watersons/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1513315?type=chord","rating":4.62586,"votes":5,"content":"The original song was played in G minor, but that may be too high for some singers, \r\nso I transposed it down to a manageable pitch.\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n1st Verse: Come, come with me out to the old churchyard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           Friends slumber in there that we want to regard;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           We will trace out their names in the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           And why weep for those who will weep no more?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n           Their pillows may be in the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n2nd Verse: I know that it's vain when our friends depart[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]A#[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           To breathe kind words to a broken heart;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           And I know that the joy of life is marred[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           Oh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]A#[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n           The peace I seek in the old churchyard?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]A#[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n3rd Verse: Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n           Where our Saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           I rest in the hope that one bright day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n           Sunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]A#[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n           And old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n           Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard.[/tab]","plain_text":"The original song was played in G minor, but that may be too high for some singers, \nso I transposed it down to a manageable pitch.","chords":["G","Dm","A#","F","C","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}