Chords for Val Storey and Carl Jackson, “Little Mountain Church House”
Tempo:
85.225 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's just a Dolly Parton doing it.
Ricky Skaggs told us he was doing [G] an album on Dolly and he wanted a gospel song.
I [D#] think I had, did I have a title there?
What did I have?
[G] I don't know.
I got a title on him yesterday.
Here to cut the horse.
[F#] Oh I've got [G] to tell you, old man.
I played old in that day.
Here to cut the sir off.
He [G] did, he was laid up in the hospital.
I played up in the hospital and Ricky called out to see [A] me.
And then Carl came out the house.
We were going to get you somewhere.
[B] Carl walked in the house.
[G] The only thing [D] that [F] I saw immediately that it needed was the word [G] house in it.
This was [Gm] before cut offs went in anyway.
Carl had much of [C] this song [G] written.
They walked in and I said, what does this mean, house?
[A] Well the bad news [Gm] about the deal is [F#] Ricky didn't cut the song.
[A] I'm sorry, I think I, he didn't cut it on Dolly.
He liked it so much he cut it on himself.
[Am] With the new green dirt band on the [Bm] little circle being broken out [G] to.
[A] And also, Goyle Austin recorded it and made it the first bluegrass,
I'll be in my [G] bluegrass song of the year in 1912.
[A] The Little [G] Mountain Church, thank y'all so much for being here.
[C] [G] [D] [G]
There's a little mountain church.
In my thoughts of [C] yesterday.
[G] Where friends and loved ones gather [D] for the Lord.
[G] There an old past preacher.
Off the train [E] and there a waiter.
[G] We were being called [D] to the congregation.
[G]
Resting on our Sunday best.
We sat on the hills [C] of Solanoke.
[G] Now I remember how our voices [D] filled the air.
How [G] our hearts sounded like an angel.
[B] On the
[C] [G] rainbow, there's [D] gold down there.
[G] I'll be there.
[Dm] Looking back now, that [G] little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my non [D]-church home.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the word, and I wish my love for home.
On the train.
[C]
[G] [Bm]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Happy all day Sunday singing.
With dinner on the ground.
Many were in soul, but [D] were in heart.
[G] While the brothers and the sisters.
Who'd gone on [C] before me, had a [G] stake in the heaps.
[D] And the maple [G] grove, and the life we'd earned.
Looking back now, that little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my life's [D]
cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the [D] word, and I wish my [G] love for home.
[Dm] [G] Looking back now, that little [C] mountain church house.
[G] Has become, my [D] life's cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the little [C] mountain church house.
[G] I first [D] heard the word, and [G] I wish my love for home.
[B] [F#]
[A]
[G#m] [F]
Ricky Skaggs told us he was doing [G] an album on Dolly and he wanted a gospel song.
I [D#] think I had, did I have a title there?
What did I have?
[G] I don't know.
I got a title on him yesterday.
Here to cut the horse.
[F#] Oh I've got [G] to tell you, old man.
I played old in that day.
Here to cut the sir off.
He [G] did, he was laid up in the hospital.
I played up in the hospital and Ricky called out to see [A] me.
And then Carl came out the house.
We were going to get you somewhere.
[B] Carl walked in the house.
[G] The only thing [D] that [F] I saw immediately that it needed was the word [G] house in it.
This was [Gm] before cut offs went in anyway.
Carl had much of [C] this song [G] written.
They walked in and I said, what does this mean, house?
[A] Well the bad news [Gm] about the deal is [F#] Ricky didn't cut the song.
[A] I'm sorry, I think I, he didn't cut it on Dolly.
He liked it so much he cut it on himself.
[Am] With the new green dirt band on the [Bm] little circle being broken out [G] to.
[A] And also, Goyle Austin recorded it and made it the first bluegrass,
I'll be in my [G] bluegrass song of the year in 1912.
[A] The Little [G] Mountain Church, thank y'all so much for being here.
[C] [G] [D] [G]
There's a little mountain church.
In my thoughts of [C] yesterday.
[G] Where friends and loved ones gather [D] for the Lord.
[G] There an old past preacher.
Off the train [E] and there a waiter.
[G] We were being called [D] to the congregation.
[G]
Resting on our Sunday best.
We sat on the hills [C] of Solanoke.
[G] Now I remember how our voices [D] filled the air.
How [G] our hearts sounded like an angel.
[B] On the
[C] [G] rainbow, there's [D] gold down there.
[G] I'll be there.
[Dm] Looking back now, that [G] little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my non [D]-church home.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the word, and I wish my love for home.
On the train.
[C]
[G] [Bm]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
Happy all day Sunday singing.
With dinner on the ground.
Many were in soul, but [D] were in heart.
[G] While the brothers and the sisters.
Who'd gone on [C] before me, had a [G] stake in the heaps.
[D] And the maple [G] grove, and the life we'd earned.
Looking back now, that little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my life's [D]
cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the [D] word, and I wish my [G] love for home.
[Dm] [G] Looking back now, that little [C] mountain church house.
[G] Has become, my [D] life's cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the little [C] mountain church house.
[G] I first [D] heard the word, and [G] I wish my love for home.
[B] [F#]
[A]
[G#m] [F]
Key:
G
D
C
A
F#
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's just a Dolly Parton doing it.
Ricky Skaggs told us he was doing [G] an album on Dolly and he wanted a gospel song. _
I [D#] think I had, did I have a title there?
What did I have?
[G] I don't know.
I got a title on him yesterday.
_ _ Here to cut the horse.
[F#] Oh I've got [G] to tell you, old man.
I played old in that day.
Here to cut the sir off.
He [G] did, he was laid up in the hospital.
I played up in the hospital and Ricky called out to see [A] me.
And then Carl came out the house.
We were going to get you somewhere. _ _ _ _
[B] Carl walked in the house.
[G] The only thing [D] that [F] I saw immediately that it needed was the word [G] house in it. _ _
This was [Gm] before cut offs went in anyway. _ _
Carl had much of [C] this song [G] written.
They walked in and I said, what does this mean, house?
[A] _ _ _ Well the bad news [Gm] about the deal is [F#] Ricky didn't cut the song.
_ [A] I'm sorry, I think I, he didn't cut it on Dolly.
He liked it so much he cut it on himself.
[Am] With the new green dirt band on the [Bm] little circle being broken out [G] to.
_ [A] And also, Goyle Austin recorded it and made it the first bluegrass,
I'll be in my [G] bluegrass song of the year in 1912.
[A] The Little [G] Mountain Church, thank y'all so much for being here. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ There's a little mountain church.
In my thoughts of [C] yesterday.
[G] Where friends and loved ones gather [D] for the Lord.
_ [G] There an old past preacher.
Off the train [E] and there a waiter.
[G] We were being called [D] to the congregation.
[G] _ _
_ Resting on our Sunday best.
We sat on the hills [C] of Solanoke.
[G] Now I remember how our voices [D] filled the air.
How [G] our hearts sounded like an angel.
[B] On the _
[C] _ [G] rainbow, there's [D] gold down there.
[G] I'll be there.
_ [Dm] Looking back now, that [G] little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my non [D]-church _ home.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the word, and I wish my love for home.
On the train.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Happy all day Sunday singing.
With dinner on the ground.
Many were in soul, but [D] were in heart.
[G] While the brothers and the sisters.
Who'd gone on [C] before me, had a [G] stake in the heaps.
[D] And the maple [G] grove, and the life we'd earned.
Looking back now, that little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my life's [D] _
cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the [D] word, and I wish my [G] love for home.
_ [Dm] [G] Looking back now, that little [C] mountain church house.
[G] Has become, my [D] life's cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the little [C] mountain church house.
[G] I first [D] heard the word, and [G] I wish my love for home. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's just a Dolly Parton doing it.
Ricky Skaggs told us he was doing [G] an album on Dolly and he wanted a gospel song. _
I [D#] think I had, did I have a title there?
What did I have?
[G] I don't know.
I got a title on him yesterday.
_ _ Here to cut the horse.
[F#] Oh I've got [G] to tell you, old man.
I played old in that day.
Here to cut the sir off.
He [G] did, he was laid up in the hospital.
I played up in the hospital and Ricky called out to see [A] me.
And then Carl came out the house.
We were going to get you somewhere. _ _ _ _
[B] Carl walked in the house.
[G] The only thing [D] that [F] I saw immediately that it needed was the word [G] house in it. _ _
This was [Gm] before cut offs went in anyway. _ _
Carl had much of [C] this song [G] written.
They walked in and I said, what does this mean, house?
[A] _ _ _ Well the bad news [Gm] about the deal is [F#] Ricky didn't cut the song.
_ [A] I'm sorry, I think I, he didn't cut it on Dolly.
He liked it so much he cut it on himself.
[Am] With the new green dirt band on the [Bm] little circle being broken out [G] to.
_ [A] And also, Goyle Austin recorded it and made it the first bluegrass,
I'll be in my [G] bluegrass song of the year in 1912.
[A] The Little [G] Mountain Church, thank y'all so much for being here. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ There's a little mountain church.
In my thoughts of [C] yesterday.
[G] Where friends and loved ones gather [D] for the Lord.
_ [G] There an old past preacher.
Off the train [E] and there a waiter.
[G] We were being called [D] to the congregation.
[G] _ _
_ Resting on our Sunday best.
We sat on the hills [C] of Solanoke.
[G] Now I remember how our voices [D] filled the air.
How [G] our hearts sounded like an angel.
[B] On the _
[C] _ [G] rainbow, there's [D] gold down there.
[G] I'll be there.
_ [Dm] Looking back now, that [G] little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my non [D]-church _ home.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the word, and I wish my love for home.
On the train.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Happy all day Sunday singing.
With dinner on the ground.
Many were in soul, but [D] were in heart.
[G] While the brothers and the sisters.
Who'd gone on [C] before me, had a [G] stake in the heaps.
[D] And the maple [G] grove, and the life we'd earned.
Looking back now, that little mountain [C] church house.
[G] Has become, my life's [D] _
cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the [C] little mountain church house.
[G] I first heard the [D] word, and I wish my [G] love for home.
_ [Dm] [G] Looking back now, that little [C] mountain church house.
[G] Has become, my [D] life's cornerstone.
[G] It was there, in front of the little [C] mountain church house.
[G] I first [D] heard the word, and [G] I wish my love for home. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _