{"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":2071073,"song":"The Old Churchyard","artist":"Offa Rex","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11451031-the-old-churchyard-chords-by-offa-rex/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2071073?type=chord","rating":4.70983,"votes":25,"content":"I've played along with the video a number of times and this seems pretty close to correct. For a more accurate\r\neffect, try to avoid notes that create an obvious major/minor sound; stick mostly to roots and fifths for the\r\nambient sound Colin Meloy gets. This should suit you well if you want to class up an open mic night.\r\n\r\nIntro:     \r\n[ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome, come with me out to the old churchyard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFriends slumber in there that we want to regard;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will trace out their names in the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMourn not for them, their trials are o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd why weep for those who will weep no more?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir pillows may be in the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know that it's vain when our friends depart[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo breathe kind words to a broken heart;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that the joy of life is marred[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe peace I seek in the old churchyard?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy weep for me, for I'm anxious to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere our Saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI rest in the hope that one bright day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill wake up the dead in the old churchyard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Vamp that last bit with some rubato/ritardondo a couple more times and Bob's your uncle) [/tab]","plain_text":"I've played along with the video a number of times and this seems pretty close to correct. For a more accurate\neffect, try to avoid notes that create an obvious major/minor sound; stick mostly to roots and fifths for the\nambient sound Colin Meloy gets. This should suit you well if you want to class up an open mic night.\n\nIntro:     \nD               G            D              G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nBm         A           D           A\nD                      G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nBm           A               D              A\nD                            G\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nBm        A         D         A\nD                   G\nBm        A         D         A","chords":["D","G","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}