Mother Church Of Country Music

	  		Intro: C  D  G 


Verse 1:
 
    G 
The old clock hands are movin' 
   C 
So soon it's time to go 
D 
We got time for one more song 
  C                 G 
Before we close the show 

    G 
Roy Acuff played his fiddle 
     C 
To a classic country tune 
    D 
And Minnie Pearl made us laugh 
     C              G 
With her new hat in blue 

   G 
So if you like your music 
C 
Country-fied like me 
D 
You'd be next to heaven 
       C             G 
At the Grand Ol' Op-ery 



    C                        G 
Our Mother Church of country music 
      G                             D 
We'll open up the doors and let you in 
    C                              G 
And you might think you've seen an angel 
    C               D               G 
And surely you will find yourself a friend 



Verse 2:
 
                          C 
(You know there's so many country music legends) 
            D 
(graced the stage here at the Grand Ol' Opry) 
       G 
(I can almost see 'em now. Stars like) 
 G 
(Hank Williams, the great Tex Ritter) 
 C 
  (Gentleman Jim Reeves) 
D 
  (Patsy Cline) 
 C            G 
(Cowboy Copas) 
          G 
(Hawkshaw Hawkins, the great Red Foley) 
           C 
(The Dixie Dewdrop, Uncle Dave Macon) 
                  D 
(The great Lester Flatt) 
                    C 
(Mr. Teardop, Marty Robbins) 
G 
  (The Kentucky Wonder, Stringbean, the legendary Lefty Purcell) 
               C 
(The Duke of Paducah, Rod Brasfield) 
D 
  (The Solemn Old Judge, the founder of the Grand Ol' Opry) 
         C            G 
(And the great Ernest Tubbs) 


 
    C                        G 
Our Mother Church of country music 
      G                             D 
We'll open up the doors and let you in 
    C                              G 
And you might think you've seen an angel 
    C               D               G      G7 
And surely you will find yourself a friend 



Outro:
C               D               G 
Surely you will find yourself a friend