Church In The Wildwood, The

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Written by William S. Pitts

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

        C                             G7
There’s a church in the valley by the wildwood
   G7                C
No lovelier place in the dale
   F                  C
No spot is so dear to my childhood
       G7                     C
As the little brown church in the dell

Chorus

    C                         G7
Oh, come to the church by the wildwood
    G7                    C
Oh, come to the church in the dale
   F                  C
No spot is so dear to my childhood
       G7                     C
As the little brown church in the dell

Verse 2

    C                        G7
How sweet on a clear Sabbath morning
   G7                C
To list to the clear ringing bell
     F                C
It’s tones so sweetly are calling
    G7                    C
Oh, come to the church in the dell

Verse 3

       G7                     C
There, close by the church in the valley
Lies one that I love so well
    F                             C
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, neath the willow
        G               C
Disturb not her rest in the dell

Verse 4

       C                         G7
There, close by the side of that loved one
          G7                  C
Neath the tree where the wild flowers bloom
When the farewell hymn shall be chanted
I shall rest by her side in the tomb