{"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":2265645,"song":"The Old Country Church","artist":"Hank Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2265645-the-old-country-church-chords-by-hank-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2265645?type=chord","rating":4.94032,"votes":30,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWith my friends at the old country church[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith our friends at the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrecious years of memory's[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, what joy they bring to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow I long once more to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my friends at the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAs I knelt in the old country church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the savior above in his wonderful love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaved my soul at the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrecious years of memory's[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, what joy they bring to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow I long once more to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my friends at the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow I wish that today all the people would pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAs we prayed in the old country church[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs we did in the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrecious years of memory's[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, what joy they bring to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow I long once more to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my friends at the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIn that grave near the old country church[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay I rest with my friends in that grave in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the grave near the old country church[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPrecious years of memory's[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, what joy they bring to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow I long once more to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my friends at the old country church[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A7","D/F#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]}}}