Chords for Jimmy Dean - This Old House - Stuart Hamblen classic

I love music and I love songs _ and I think far too often that if people could hear the
story about a song, why it was written, _ that it would make the song even better to them.
And I want to _ tell you a story I've wanted to tell for a long time and then I'm going
to do the song.
It's a song that all of you have heard.
It was written by a good old buddy of mine and it's a true story.
Well, his name is Stuart Hamlin.
He's a hunter, loves to hunt.
And he and a friend got lost one time in a blizzard in the high Sierras.
_ And they were wandering around in this blizzard and they came across an old prospector's shack. _
And Stuart's buddy said, well, listen, it's empty and any old port in a storm, let's go in there.
And Stuart says, _ the house is not empty, boy, there's a dead man in there.
_ _ And Stuart's buddy said, what do you mean?
He said, well, a dog is on the porch and ain't no smoke coming out of that chimney.
And they went in and Stu was right.
There was an old prospector that had suffered a heart attack.
But they, they build a fire in the fireplace and on the back of a cracker box, _ by the light
of that fireplace, Stuart Hamlin wrote this song.
[A] And I think it might mean something a little different to you than it ever did.
_ This old house once knew my family. _
[D] This old house once knew my wife.
And [E] this old house was [Gbm] joy and [E] comfort [A] as we fought the storms of life.
_ [Em] This old house once rang with laughter.
[Db] _ [D] This old house heard many a shout. _
But now she trembles in the darkness. _
Oh, and the lightning walks about.
But I ain't gonna need this house no [Bm] longer.
[A] Ain't gonna need this house no more.
Ain't got [E] time to fix the shingles.
Ain't [A] got time to fix the door.
Ain't got [D] time to oil the hinges.
[A] Nor to mend the window pane.
I ain't [E] gonna need this house no longer.
Getting ready to meet [A] the saints.
Oh, this old house is getting shaky.
[D] This old house is getting old.
[E] This old house lets in the rain.
[A] And this old [D] house lets in [A] the cold.
Oh, my knees are getting chilly.
[D] But I feel no fear of pain.
[E] But I see an angel peeking through a broken [A] window pane.
But I [D] ain't gonna need this house no longer.
[A] Ain't gonna need this house no more.
Ain't [E] got time to fix the shingles.
[A] Ain't got time to fix the [Em] door.
Ain't [D] got time to oil the hinges.
[A] Nor to mend the window pane.
[E] I ain't gonna need this house no longer.
I'm getting ready to [A] meet the [F] saints.
_ [Bb] My old hound dog lies asleep.
[Eb] He don't know I'm gonna leave.
[F] Else he'd wake up by the fireplace.
[Bb] He'd sit there in the pallory.
But my hunting days are over.
[Eb] Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more.
[F] Gabriel Dunn brought in my chariot.
Oh, when the wind blew [Fm] down the [Bb] door.
And I [Eb] ain't gonna need this house no longer.
Ain't gonna [Bb] need this house no more.
Ain't got [F] time to fix the shingles.
Got [Bb] no time.
_ [Eb] Ain't got time to oil the hinges.
[Bb] Nor to mend the window pane.
I [F] ain't gonna need this house no longer.
Getting ready to [Bb] meet the saints.
[B] _ _ [B] _ [Gbm] I [B] ain't [E] gonna need this house no longer.
[B] Ain't gonna need this house no more.
[Gb] Ain't got time.
No, I got [B] no time.
Ain't [E] got time to oil the hinges.
[B] Nor to mend the window. _
[Gb] Ain't gonna need this house no longer.
I'm getting ready to meet [B] the saints. _
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