Chords for If This House Could Talk

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[D] _ [F] If this house could talk of what a [C] story _ _ _ _
_ [G] Although it's only made of wood [C] and _ _ stone _
_ [F] How it would brag about its [C] days of glory _ _ _
_ [G] When it almost _ became a _ [C] happy home _ _ _
_ I just came back [G] in town to sign [C] the papers _ _ _
_ [F] The house is [G] sold now, it's no [C] longer _ mine _ _
_ [F] And since the place I built for you
[C] Once meant so much to [F]
me
_ Thought I'd drop [G] by and see it one [C] more _ time _
I _ parked the car, [G] got out and [C] looked it over _ _ _ _
_ [F] The unkept lawn [G] now seems so [C] strange to _ me _
That _ [F] _ ramblin' rose that I set out [C] with tender care had died
_ And weeds grow [G] now where flowers [C] used to be _ _ _
_ _ I walked up close, [G] looked through the [C] picture window
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_ [F] The past was [G] oh so clear as [C] I looked through
_ I _ _ [F] listened close and almost heard [C] those tender [D] _ words of [F]
love
_ [C] As I sit by [G] the _ fireside [C] with _ you _ _
_ _ [F] If this house could talk of what [C] a _ story _ _
_ [G] Although it's only made of [C] wood and [Am] _ stone
[C] _
How [G] it would brag [F] about _ its [C] days of glory _ _ _
_ [G] When it almost became a [C] happy home _ _ _
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