Chris_de_Burgh_-_In_a_Country_Churchyard 

From_the_albums:_At_the_End_of_a_Perfect_Day_(1977)_and_The_Love_Songs_(1997) 

Comment_for_any_corrections_and_please_rate 

 
 

In_1977_the_first_version_of_this_song_was_released_on_the_album_At_the_End_of_a_Perfect_Day. 

20_years_later_Chris_de_Burgh_re-recorded_the_song_with_the_arrangement_of_Peter_Oxendale. 

You_can_see_the_chords_for_the_original_song_at_the_first_version. 

These_chords_match_the_re-recorded_version_from_the_album_The_Love_Songs_from_1997. 

 
 

 
 

Intro: 

G_C_G_C_G_C_G 

 
 

G___________________D_______________C____________________G 

In_a_country_churchyard_theres_a_preacher_with_his_people, 

_C______________G_______Am7______________D 

Gathered_all_around_to_join_a_man_and_woman, 

___G________________D_______________C__________________G 

Spring_is_here_and_turtledoves_are_singing_from_the_steeple, 

_C__________________G______Am7________________D 

Bees_are_in_the_flowers,_growing_in_the_graveyard, 

____B_________Em______________C_____D_________G 

And_over_the_hill,_where_the_river_meets_the_mill, 

___C______________G______________Am_____________D_________________G_C_G_C 

A_lovely_girl_is_coming_down_to_give_her_hand_upon_her_wedding_day... 

 
 

__G_________________D_________________C_____________G 

Dressed_in_simple_white_and_wearing_flowers_in_her_hair, 

_C____________G______Am7____________D 

Music_as_she_walks_slowly_to_the_altar, 

_____G______________D_______________C_______________G 

And_picking_up_his_bible_then_the_preacher_turns_towards_her, 

__C__________________G______Am7_______________D 

"Will_you_take_this_man_to_be_your_wedded_husband, 

____B__________Em_________C________D____G 

To_honour_and_love_in_the_eyes_of_God_above, 

_____C______________G___________________Am______________D_____________G____C_G 

Now_let_the_people_sing_with_me,_these_words_to_live_forever_in_your_heart... 

 
 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C___G________Em__________Bm___________C 

Let_your_love_shine_on,_for_we_are_the_stars_in_the_sky, 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C______G_______C_______D________C________G_C_G_C 

Let_your_love_shine_strong,_until_the_day_you_fly,_fly_away 

 
 

_G_______________D______________C_________________G 

Many_years_have_fallen_on_that_golden_country_morning, 

______C_______________G__________Am7___________D 

The_graveyards_overgrown,_the_church_lies_in_ruins, 

G___________D_________________C___________________G 

Ivy_on_the_walls_and_ravens_wheeling_round_above_me, 

______C_____________G_________Am7_________________D_ 

As_I_made_my_way_towards_the_last_remaining_headstone, 

___B___________Em_____________C_______D_________G 

I_fell_to_my_knees,_read_the_lines_beneath_the_leaves, 

_____C___________G_______________Am___________________D_______________G___C_G 

And_suddenly_it_seemed_to_me,_I_heard_the_words_like_singing_in_the_trees... 

 
 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C___G________Em__________Bm___________C 

Let_your_love_shine_on,_for_we_are_the_stars_in_the_sky, 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C______G_______C_______D________C__ 

Let_your_love_shine_strong,_until_the_day_you_fly,_ 

 
 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C___G________Em__________Bm___________C 

Let_your_love_shine_on,_for_we_are_the_stars_in_the_sky, 

_C___D___Em_Bm__C______G_______C_______D________C________G_C_G_C_G_C_G 

Let_your_love_shine_strong,_until_the_day_you_fly,_fly_away 

 
 


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