Chords for Stuart Hamblen - This Ole House

_ _ Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
Stuart Hamblin.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
This [C] old house once knew my children.
_ This [F] old house once knew my wife.
_ [G] This old house was home and comfort
_ as [C] we fought [F] the [C] storms of life.
And this old house once rang with laughter. _
This [F] old house heard many a shout.
_ [G] Now she _ trembles in the darkness
_ when the lightning walks [C] about.
[Ab] But ain't [F] gonna need this house no longer.
Ain't [C] gonna need this house no more.
Ain't got [G]
time to fix the TV.
Ain't got [C]
time to fix the floor.
_ Ain't got [F]
time to oil her, you get it.
[C] Or to mend that window pane.
Ain't [G] gonna need this house no longer.
I'm getting ready to meet the [C] stain. _
This old house is afraid of thunder. _
This old [F] house is afraid of storms.
_ [G] This old house just groans and trembles
_ [C] when the night wind flings its [F] arms.
[C] _ _ _ This old house _ sure getting feeble.
_ This old [F]
house _ sure needing painting. _
[G] Just like me.
_ This house is tuckered out.
But I'm getting ready to meet the [C] saints.
And ain't [F] gonna need this house no longer.
Ain't [C] gonna need this old house no more.
_ Ain't got [G] no time to fix the TV. _
Ain't got no [C] time to fix the floor. _
And ain't got [F] time to oil her, you get it.
Or [C] to mend that window pane. _
Ain't [G] gonna need this house no longer.
I'm getting ready to meet the [C] saints.
_ _ [Bb] My [C] old hound dog, he lies asleep.
_ But [F] that old dog don't know I'm gonna leave.
_ He [G] just wake up by the fireplace.
That old dog, he just [C] sit there and [F] howl and grieve.
[C] _
_ Oh, but our hunting days are over. _
_ Me and that old [F] dog, _ we ain't going hunting anymore.
_ _ [G] Gabriel Dunn brought in my chariot.
_ When the wind blew down [C] that door.
And I ain't [F] gonna need this house no longer.
Ain't [C] gonna need this old house no more.
Ain't got [G] time to fix the sheets.
_ Ain't [C] got time to fix the floor.
Ain't [F] got time to oil her, you get it.
[C] Or to mend that window pane.
Oh, ain't [G] gonna need this house no longer.
I'm getting ready to [Dm]
meet _ [C] the saints.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Amen. _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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