C G C
[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?
C G C
[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
