Chris de Burgh - In a Country Churchyard
From the albums: At the End of a Perfect Day (1977) and The Love Songs (1997)
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In 1977 the first version of this song was released on the album At the End of a Perfect Day.
20 years later Chris de Burgh re-recorded the song with the arrangement of Peter Oxendale.
You can see the chords for the original song at the first version.
These chords match the re-recorded version from the album The Love Songs from 1997.
Intro:
G C G C G C G
G D C G
In a country churchyard there's a preacher with his people,
C G Am7 D
Gathered all around to join a man and woman,
G D C G
Spring is here and turtledoves are singing from the steeple,
C G Am7 D
Bees are in the flowers, growing in the graveyard,
B Em C D G
And over the hill, where the river meets the mill,
C G Am D G C G C
A lovely girl is coming down to give her hand upon her wedding day...
G D C G
Dressed in simple white and wearing flowers in her hair,
C G Am7 D
Music as she walks slowly to the altar,
G D C G
And picking up his bible then the preacher turns towards her,
C G Am7 D
"Will you take this man to be your wedded husband,
B Em C D G
To honour and love in the eyes of God above,
C G Am D G C G
Now let the people sing with me, these words to live forever in your heart...
C D Em Bm C G Em Bm C
Let your love shine on, for we are the stars in the sky,
C D Em Bm C G C D C G C G C
Let your love shine strong, until the day you fly, fly away
G D C G
Many years have fallen on that golden country morning,
C G Am7 D
The graveyard's overgrown, the church lies in ruins,
G D C G
Ivy on the walls and ravens wheeling round above me,
C G Am7 D
As I made my way towards the last remaining headstone,
B Em C D G
I fell to my knees, read the lines beneath the leaves,
C G Am D G C G
And suddenly it seemed to me, I heard the words like singing in the trees...
C D Em Bm C G Em Bm C
Let your love shine on, for we are the stars in the sky,
C D Em Bm C G C D C
Let your love shine strong, until the day you fly,
C D Em Bm C G Em Bm C
Let your love shine on, for we are the stars in the sky,
C D Em Bm C G C D C G C G C G C G
Let your love shine strong, until the day you fly, fly away
