Chords for Back to the Old Church
Tempo:
117.85 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
C#
D#m
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Back to the old church.
[C#] [G#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] I [D#] just want to [F#] take a minute [D#] and [F#] [D#] go back to [A] the old [D#] church.
fire, [D#m] people [G#] giving testimony [C] that [C#] meant so much.
their [Bm] own praise [F#m] party.
every day.
I do.
[C#] church.
[C#] [G#] [G#m] [C#]
[F#] I [D#] just want to [F#] take a minute [D#] and [F#] [D#] go back to [A] the old [D#] church.
fire, [D#m] people [G#] giving testimony [C] that [C#] meant so much.
their [Bm] own praise [F#m] party.
every day.
I do.
[C#] church.
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F#
B
C#
D#m
D#
F#
B
C#
Back to the old church.
_ [B] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] I [D#] just want to [F#] take a minute [D#] and [F#] [D#] go back to [A] the old [D#] church.
_ _ [F#] When the [D#m] church would catch [F#] on fire, [D#m] people [G#] giving testimony [C] that [C#] meant so much.
_ _ [F#] The brothers on the mother's board [A#m] would have their [Bm] own praise [F#m] party.
Singing how he [F#] kept me every day.
Now I want to go [C#m] back.
[F#] Yes I do.
[C#] _ _ [G#] Back to [F#] the old [C#] church.
Listen.
[F#] _ [D#] Everyone [F#m] would testify [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ [D#] about [A] how [D#] Benjamin, _ [F#m] _ when [D#] the spirit [F#] started moving.
[D#m] And old mother would stand up with tears in her eyes.
[C#] She [F#] said church, you [C#] woke me up [A#]
right this [D#m] morning.
[D#] And right now I'm [F#]
feeling fine.
I want to go [C#m] back.
_ [F#]
Yes I [D#m] do.
_ [G#] Back to [F#] the old [C#] church.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A#m] Then the church [F#] would get all excited.
_ _ And all of a sudden, _ a deaconess [D#m] would say, I want to say something.
_ _ And the deaconess would come out and say this to the church.
_ He didn't [F#] have to wake me up early [D#m] this morning, [F#] but he did.
[D#m] He _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] didn't have to wake me [D#]
up early this morning, [F#] but he did.
_ _ [A] _
_ [D#m] I [F#] can't thank him.
_ [C#m] _
[Bm] I [F#] can't praise him.
_ [C#] _
_ _ [B] I lift up my hand for man [D#] to see.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] I think you need to say that one more time.
[F#] He didn't [A#m] _ [F#] have to wake me up early this morning, but he did. _ _ _
_ [D#] I said he didn't have to wake me up early this morning, [F#] but he did. _ _
_ [D#m] I [A#m] can't thank him. _
No, [Bm] I [F#] can't praise him. _ _
_ I [B] lift up _ _ my hand [F#m] to see.
[C] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [F#] Thank you, Deacon Boyd. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] And then [A#m] the spirit [F#] got real hot.
_ _ _ [A#] The Deacon Boyd got [F#] jealous, y'all.
_ [D#m] _ _ _ All of a sudden, [F#m]
old [D#m] Deacon Billy would come up and say, I got something to say.
And he'd say something like [C#m] this.
A [B] charge to keep [F#] our half [F#m] _ _ God [G#] to _ [C#]
glorify.
_ _ [F#] _ [A#m] Never dying [B]
souls [F#] the same.
_ [A#m] _ [G#m] _ For [F#] the sky _ to serve [D#m] his [F#] president.
[B] _ _ My calling [C] to [C#]
fulfill.
_ _ [F#] _ [D#m] Spend all [F#m]
I [F#] can [G#] to do what [C#] my son will.
I want to go [F#] back.
_ _ _ [G#]
I [B] said I want to go [F#] back.
_ [G#m] _ _
I got to go [F#] back.
_ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ Oh, [B] oh.
Oh, _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] but [F#] _ _ then _ the pastor [F] caught on fire.
But then the pastor caught on [F#] fire.
He said, [C] somebody need to come to the altar right now.
[F#] Somebody need to come to [C] the altar right [F] now.
We need prayer up in here.
I [F#] need _ _ the _ [B] Lord. _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ I need [C#] the Lord.
_ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G#] Every hour I _ _ _ _ _ _ need the Lord.
[C#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ Bless [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ me now.
[F#] _ _ _ Bless me now.
My Savior.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D#m] Savior. _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
Time [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
eat.
[B] _ Yeah.
_ [F#] _ Yeah.
[B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ Oh, [G#m] [E] hey, _
_ [F] hey, hey.
[F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Oh, _ _
_ [F#] back in the old church.
Back in the old church.
Church catch on fire.
[B] Holy Ghost filled.
Fire baptized.
_ Talking about the old church. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
Church.
_ Church.
_ Holy Ghost.
_ Fire.
_ [D#m] Fire baptized. _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
Holy Ghost.
Holy [F#] Ghost.
[D#m] Holy Ghost.
Fire baptized.
Fire baptized.
[B] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Old [B] church. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D#] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Old church.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [A#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Old _ church.
_ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ Old church.
Old church. Go back!
_ Go back!
Go _ _ [A#m] back!
Go back!
[B] Go back! Go back!
_ Go back!
_ _ _ Go [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [A#m] back! _ _ _
Go back!
[E] Go back!
_ Go back! _
Go back!
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Go back!
[F#] _ _
_ _ [B] Go [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ back! _ Go back! _
Go [N] back! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [F#] I [D#] just want to [F#] take a minute [D#] and [F#] [D#] go back to [A] the old [D#] church.
_ _ [F#] When the [D#m] church would catch [F#] on fire, [D#m] people [G#] giving testimony [C] that [C#] meant so much.
_ _ [F#] The brothers on the mother's board [A#m] would have their [Bm] own praise [F#m] party.
Singing how he [F#] kept me every day.
Now I want to go [C#m] back.
[F#] Yes I do.
[C#] _ _ [G#] Back to [F#] the old [C#] church.
Listen.
[F#] _ [D#] Everyone [F#m] would testify [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ [D#] about [A] how [D#] Benjamin, _ [F#m] _ when [D#] the spirit [F#] started moving.
[D#m] And old mother would stand up with tears in her eyes.
[C#] She [F#] said church, you [C#] woke me up [A#]
right this [D#m] morning.
[D#] And right now I'm [F#]
feeling fine.
I want to go [C#m] back.
_ [F#]
Yes I [D#m] do.
_ [G#] Back to [F#] the old [C#] church.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A#m] Then the church [F#] would get all excited.
_ _ And all of a sudden, _ a deaconess [D#m] would say, I want to say something.
_ _ And the deaconess would come out and say this to the church.
_ He didn't [F#] have to wake me up early [D#m] this morning, [F#] but he did.
[D#m] He _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] didn't have to wake me [D#]
up early this morning, [F#] but he did.
_ _ [A] _
_ [D#m] I [F#] can't thank him.
_ [C#m] _
[Bm] I [F#] can't praise him.
_ [C#] _
_ _ [B] I lift up my hand for man [D#] to see.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] I think you need to say that one more time.
[F#] He didn't [A#m] _ [F#] have to wake me up early this morning, but he did. _ _ _
_ [D#] I said he didn't have to wake me up early this morning, [F#] but he did. _ _
_ [D#m] I [A#m] can't thank him. _
No, [Bm] I [F#] can't praise him. _ _
_ I [B] lift up _ _ my hand [F#m] to see.
[C] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [F#] Thank you, Deacon Boyd. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] And then [A#m] the spirit [F#] got real hot.
_ _ _ [A#] The Deacon Boyd got [F#] jealous, y'all.
_ [D#m] _ _ _ All of a sudden, [F#m]
old [D#m] Deacon Billy would come up and say, I got something to say.
And he'd say something like [C#m] this.
A [B] charge to keep [F#] our half [F#m] _ _ God [G#] to _ [C#]
glorify.
_ _ [F#] _ [A#m] Never dying [B]
souls [F#] the same.
_ [A#m] _ [G#m] _ For [F#] the sky _ to serve [D#m] his [F#] president.
[B] _ _ My calling [C] to [C#]
fulfill.
_ _ [F#] _ [D#m] Spend all [F#m]
I [F#] can [G#] to do what [C#] my son will.
I want to go [F#] back.
_ _ _ [G#]
I [B] said I want to go [F#] back.
_ [G#m] _ _
I got to go [F#] back.
_ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ Oh, [B] oh.
Oh, _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] but [F#] _ _ then _ the pastor [F] caught on fire.
But then the pastor caught on [F#] fire.
He said, [C] somebody need to come to the altar right now.
[F#] Somebody need to come to [C] the altar right [F] now.
We need prayer up in here.
I [F#] need _ _ the _ [B] Lord. _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ I need [C#] the Lord.
_ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G#] Every hour I _ _ _ _ _ _ need the Lord.
[C#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ Bless [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ me now.
[F#] _ _ _ Bless me now.
My Savior.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D#m] Savior. _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
Time [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
eat.
[B] _ Yeah.
_ [F#] _ Yeah.
[B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ Oh, [G#m] [E] hey, _
_ [F] hey, hey.
[F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Oh, _ _
_ [F#] back in the old church.
Back in the old church.
Church catch on fire.
[B] Holy Ghost filled.
Fire baptized.
_ Talking about the old church. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
Church.
_ Church.
_ Holy Ghost.
_ Fire.
_ [D#m] Fire baptized. _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ _
Holy Ghost.
Holy [F#] Ghost.
[D#m] Holy Ghost.
Fire baptized.
Fire baptized.
[B] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Old [B] church. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D#] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Old church.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [A#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Old _ church.
_ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ Old church.
Old church. Go back!
_ Go back!
Go _ _ [A#m] back!
Go back!
[B] Go back! Go back!
_ Go back!
_ _ _ Go [C#] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [A#m] back! _ _ _
Go back!
[E] Go back!
_ Go back! _
Go back!
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Go back!
[F#] _ _
_ _ [B] Go [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ back! _ Go back! _
Go [N] back! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _