Old Churchyard Chords

by The Wailin' Jennys
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Db
Capo: no capo
Author unregistered_29562162 50.
1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 14, 2023

Chords

Db
Gb
Ab
Bbm

Strumming

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For beginners use the transpose button at bottom of the screen -1 and stick a capo on 1st fret
 
Video link for this song https://youtu.be/cXobAAgFyZ8
 
Note - * Means chord is 2 beats the rest are all 4 beats
 
[Intro]
|Db  |Db  |
 
 
[Verse 1]
Db                        Db
Come, come with me to the old churchyard
     Db                               Db*        Db
I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward
        Db                       Db
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard
        Db                           Db             Db
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard
 
 
[Refrain]
              Db                         Db
Mourn not for them, for their trials are o'er
             Gb*            Db
Why weep for those who will weep no more
    Gb*            Db                     Db
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
                  Db                  Db
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard
 
 
[Verse 2]
  Db                           Db
I know that it's vain when our friends depart
   Db                      Gb
To breathe kind words to a broken heart
      Db                   Db
And I know that the joy of life is marred
        Db                         Gb        Db*
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard
 
 
[Refrain]
    Db                    Db
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree
Gb*           Db*       Db
Why would you weep, my friends, for me
       Gb*       Db*          Db
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
    Db                  Gb
The peace I seek in the old churchyard
 
 
[Bridge]
             Ab*         Db*        Ab*
Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
        Db                     Gb
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow
      Bbm*        Ab*            Db*       Db
And I fear not my fate when it's time to depart
                    Db*        Gb        Db
I will set with the sun in the old churchyard
 
 
[Refrain]
              Db                   Db
I rest in the hope that one bright day
              Gb*                 Db
Sunshine will burst through these prisons of clay
    Gb*           Db                          Db
The trumpets will sound in the hills near and far
                 Db*         Gb        Db
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard
 
 
[Refrain]
              Db                   Db
I rest in the hope that one bright day
              Gb*                 Db
Sunshine will burst through these prisons of clay
    Gb*           Db                          Db
The trumpets will sound in the hills near and far
                 Db*         Gb        Db
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard
 
 
[Outro]
                  Db                          Db
The trumpets will sound in the hills near and far
Db                    Db               Db
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard
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