Little Mountain Church House Chords

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Little Mountain Church House by Ricky Skaggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verse 
D                                        G 
There's a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday, 
        D                                  A 
Where friends and family gathered for the Lord, 
           D                                   G 
There an old fashioned preacher taught the straight and narrow way, 
                D              A             D 
For what few coins the congregation could afford, 
                                           G 
Dressed in all our Sunday best, we sat on pews of solid oak, 
         D                               A 
And I remember how our voices filled the air, 
          D                              G 
How mama sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes, 
              D                 A               D 
And when the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. 

Chorus 
                                          G 
Looking back now, that little mountain church house, 
        D                      A 
Has become my life's corner stone, 
        D                              G 
It was there in that little mountain church house, 
          D                    A            D 
I first heard the word I've based my life upon. 

Verse 
D                                   G 
At the all day Sunday singing, and dinner on the ground, 
D                                 A 
Many were the souls that were revived, 
           D                                   G 
While my brothers and my sisters, who've gone on to glory land, 
          D           A             D 
Slept in peace in the maple grove nearby 

Chorus x2 
                                          G 
Looking back now, that little mountain church house, 
        D                      A 
Has become my life's corner stone, 
        D                              G 
It was there in that little mountain church house, 
          D                    A            D 
I first heard the word I've based my life upon. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante