Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Little Mountain Church House

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


Tom: D

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[Verse 1]
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There's a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday
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Where friends and family gathered for the Lord
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There an old fashioned preacher taught the straight and narrow way
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For what few coins the congregation could afford

[Verse 2]
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Dressed in all our Sunday best we sat on pews of solid oak
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And I remember how our voices filled the air
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How momma sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes
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When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there

[Chorus]
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Looking back now that little mountain church house
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Has become my life's corner stone
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It was there in that little mountain church house
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I first heard the word I've based my life upon

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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At the all day Sunday singing and dinner on the ground
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Many were the souls that were revived
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While my brothers and my sisters who've gone on to glory land
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Slept in peace in the maple grove nearby

[Chorus]
                       D7              G
Looking back now that little mountain church house
      D                     A7
Has become my life's corner stone
       D             D7              G
It was there in that little mountain church house
        D                   A7            D
I first heard the word I've based my life upon