Let The Church Roll On Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays477

Let The Church Roll On by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G                           C 
Let the church roll on (my good Lord), 
                             G 
let the church roll on (oh my Lord), 
                                         D 
turn them out (turn them out), 
                             G 
let the church roll on, 

        G                                   C 
    There's gamblers in the church (my good Lord) 
                                  G 
    and they won’t do right (oh my Lord). 
                                                     D 
    What ya gonna do (turn them out), 
                                 G 
    let the church roll on. 

G                           C 
Let the church roll on (my good Lord), 
                             G 
let the church roll on (oh my Lord), 
                                         D 
turn them out (turn them out), 
                             G 
let the church roll on, 

        G                                     C 
    There's drunkards in the church, 
                                   G 
     and they won’t do right (oh my Lord). 
                                                     D 
    What ya gonna do (turn them out), 
                                 G 
    let the church roll on. 

G                           C 
Let the church roll on (my good Lord), 
                             G 
let the church roll on (oh my Lord), 
                                         D 
turn them out (turn them out), 
                             G 
let the church roll on, 

        G                                   C 
    There's members in the church, 
                                  G 
    and they won’t do right (oh my Lord). 
                                                                           D 
    What ya gonna do (take their name off the books), 
                                 G 
    let the church roll on. 

G                           C 
Let the church roll on (my good Lord), 
                             G 
let the church roll on (oh my Lord), 
                                         D 
turn them out (turn them out), 
                             G 
let the church roll on, 
    	

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