Chords for This Old House

_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [C] There are fifty liquor [G] boxes in [C] my hall. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] There's a hundred empty nails [G] upon my [C] wall. _ _ _
_ _ [A] There's a sign out in [G] my yard that [F] reads for sale. _ _
_ _ [C] And if this old house could cry, the tears [G] would fall. _ _
_ [A] _ [C] There are bargain _ [G] hungry vultures _ [C] everywhere. _ _ _
_ _ [F] Buying broken toys, old [D] clothes, and _ [C] tupperware. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Phone's been [G] taken out and they've stopped [F] the mail. _ _ _
_ _ [C] And if this old house could talk, [G] I'd say a prayer. _ _ _
_ I've [C] been strong and I've been sturdy, _ [F] and I've weathered [C] every storm.
_ _ I've always kept your family [Am] safe [G] and warm. _ _
_ Now [C] you're packing up the laughter, _ [F] and you're sweeping out the tears.
[G] If this [C] old house were built on memories, [Am] I would stand a [G] thousand years.
This [C] old house, this old house, this [F] _ _ _ old [D] house.
If this [C] old house were built on memories, [Am] I would stand [G] a [C] thousand _ [F] years.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Take another look [G]
before you lock [C] the door. _ _
_ [D] _ [F] Where your shoes have worn the [A] finished from [C] my floor. _ _
_ _ [Am] Listen to my banging [G]
pipes and my creaking [F] _ stairs. _ _
_ _ [C] Let your voice slide down my banister once [G] more. _ _ _
_ I [C] remember where [G] you kept the extra [C] key. _ _ _
_ [D] _ [F] Where the hammer and the [Dm] bandage used [C] to be. _ _
I [G] _ [Am] would smell your morning [G]
coffee in [F] the air. _ _ _
_ _ [C] And I'd see you hang tinsel on [G] the tree. _ _ _
_ I've [C] been strong and I've been sturdy, _ [F] and I've weathered every [C]
storm.
_ I've always kept your family safe [G] and warm. _ _
_ Now [C] you're packing up the laughter, [D] _ [F] and you're sweeping out the [G] tears.
If this [C] old house were built on memories, I [Am] would stand a thousand [G]
years.
This [C] old house, this old house, _ [F] _ this old house.
[A] If this [C] old house were built on memories, I would [Am] [A] stand a thousand [C] years.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _