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