Old Country Church Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

Old Country Church by Stanley Brothers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D                                     G         D 
There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be 
                                    A7 
With my friends at the old country church 
            D                       G           D 
There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent 
                       A7          D 
With my friends at the old country church 
 
 
 
   Precious years of memory's 
            A7               D 
   Oh what joy they bring to me 
                           G  
   How I long once more to be 
            D              A7          D 
   With my friends at the old country church 
 
 
                                G               D 
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy 
                               A7 
As I knelt at the old country church 
D                              G         D 
There with Jesus above in his wonderful love 
                      A7          D 
Saved my soul at the old country church 
 
 
 
How I wish that today all the people would pray 
As they did at the old country church 
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless 
As he did at the old country church 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante