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[Verse]
C                                      
They came from the hills over rivers wide
         Em 
Down the back roads bounce along
      F                             
They came to the city where the stage lights shine just to 
  C              G
listen to the song
         F                                                C                        F 
In the lines they stand with the calloused hands and the kin folk by thier side
              C            
at the mother church
G                    C 
  On a saturday night

[Chorus]
        G                  Am                       F                 C
Well we gathered here down through the years and we seen with our own eyes
        G                    Am                   F
how the faces change but the song remains and the, music never dies
              C
at the mother curch
G               C
  on a saturday night

[Verse]
C
They heard the slide of the steel guitar
        Em
and the toll of the banjo ring
     F
they felt the glory when they heard their story
C             G
sung in harmony
           F                                  C                     F
and if they hadn't got a ticket boys they can still hear the show
                     C     G            C
    from the mother church on the radio

[Chorus]
        G                  Am                       F                 C
Well we gathered here down through the years and we seen with our own eyes
        G                    Am                   F
how the faces change but the song remains and the, music never dies
              C
at the mother curch
G               C
  on a saturday night

[Bridge]
G     Am              F                  C
oooo, oooooo does the singing sooth your soul.
G     Am             F
oooo, oooooo can you hear it call you home?

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[Verse]
C                                    Em
i heard it told some time ago, they tried to tear her down
       F                                    C           G
but we raised her up before they raised her body to the ground
         F                               C                F
now the, cities grown around her theres still light that shines
                C       G              C
from the mother church, every saturday night

[Chorus]
       G                  Am                       F                 C
yea we gathered here down through the years and we seen with our own eyes
       G                  Am                       F
how the faces change but the song remains and the, music never dies
             C
at the mother church
G                Am
   on a saturday night
    F                C
oooo at the mother church
G                 C    F    C
   on a saturday night