Tom T. Hall - Three Sofa Story Chords
Tempo:
108 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
D
A
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Fm]
[G] [Ab] [G] [Fm]
[F] I [Ab] was sitting and drinking [Fm] in an old friend's [Ab] [Db] apartment on the west side [Eb] of Nashville one [Ab] night
And in this [Gm] apartment he [Db] had [Ab] these three [Db] sofas, he had two [Bb] too many [Eb] alright
[F] I [Ab] said, buddy, tell [Db] me about these [Ab] three sofas [Db] and start with [Eb] that black one there [Ab] first
He said, there's [Cm] a story in each [Ab] of these sofas, but [Db] give me a minute [Eb] for quenching [Ab] my thirst
[G] [Db] [Eb] [Db]
[C] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ab] He said, now that first one [Db] is a good one [Ab] for sleeping, [Db] I got that [Eb] one from my [Ab] first wife
She left me [G] half crazy, [Db] took all of [Ab] the babies [Db] and drove off [D] to Houston one [Eb] night
[F] Well [Ab] I did as I pleased and I [Db] said [Ab] what I thought [Db] and it drove [Eb] her right out [Ab] of her mind
So many [Gm] abuses and [Db] no damned excuses, I've often [Db] been told [Eb] that I'm one of [Ab] that kind
[G] Now [Ab] that second sofa, [Db] I got that [Ab] from a pal [Db] who was broke [Eb] and was headed [Ab] back home
He was rim cut [G] and rusty, [Db] boozed [Ab] out and dusty, [Db] and I got that [Bb] thing for [Eb] a song
[Ab] On long winter evenings [Db] I'd sit on that sofa and listen to that [Ab] fella sing
Well I could [G] do without it, [Fm] but there's [Ab] something about it that makes [Db] me believe [Eb] I'm attached [Ab] to the thing
[G]
[Db] [Cm] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Eb] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [D] [Db]
[Bm] [E] [A] That third one [E] right there, [D] there's a story [A] about it, [D] I got that [E] one from my [A] second wife
A middle [Abm]-aged lady [D] with money to [A] spend, I [D] guess she was [Ebm] the love of [E] my life
[A] I like to never got [D] that damn thing in [D] here, cause it [E] don't seem to fit [A] any house
It's oblong and [Dbm] shapeless, [D] it's ugly and [A] tasteless, but I [D] got it in [E] here and [A] I'll get it out
[Gb] I [A] thanked him for [Abm] telling the three [D] sofa story, [D] I yawned [E] and I said my [A] goodnight
And on my way [Gbm] home I considered the [D] sofas and [Eb] how they were part of his [E] life
[Abm] Buddies and [D] sweethearts, the winners [A] and losers [D] kept [E] conjuring up [A] in my mind
And it's all in the telling [D] of the three [A] sofa story, just one [D] of the places [E] where I have done [A] time
[G] [Ab] [G] [Fm]
[F] I [Ab] was sitting and drinking [Fm] in an old friend's [Ab] [Db] apartment on the west side [Eb] of Nashville one [Ab] night
And in this [Gm] apartment he [Db] had [Ab] these three [Db] sofas, he had two [Bb] too many [Eb] alright
[F] I [Ab] said, buddy, tell [Db] me about these [Ab] three sofas [Db] and start with [Eb] that black one there [Ab] first
He said, there's [Cm] a story in each [Ab] of these sofas, but [Db] give me a minute [Eb] for quenching [Ab] my thirst
[G] [Db] [Eb] [Db]
[C] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ab] He said, now that first one [Db] is a good one [Ab] for sleeping, [Db] I got that [Eb] one from my [Ab] first wife
She left me [G] half crazy, [Db] took all of [Ab] the babies [Db] and drove off [D] to Houston one [Eb] night
[F] Well [Ab] I did as I pleased and I [Db] said [Ab] what I thought [Db] and it drove [Eb] her right out [Ab] of her mind
So many [Gm] abuses and [Db] no damned excuses, I've often [Db] been told [Eb] that I'm one of [Ab] that kind
[G] Now [Ab] that second sofa, [Db] I got that [Ab] from a pal [Db] who was broke [Eb] and was headed [Ab] back home
He was rim cut [G] and rusty, [Db] boozed [Ab] out and dusty, [Db] and I got that [Bb] thing for [Eb] a song
[Ab] On long winter evenings [Db] I'd sit on that sofa and listen to that [Ab] fella sing
Well I could [G] do without it, [Fm] but there's [Ab] something about it that makes [Db] me believe [Eb] I'm attached [Ab] to the thing
[G]
[Db] [Cm] [Db] [C]
[Bbm] [Eb] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [D] [Db]
[Bm] [E] [A] That third one [E] right there, [D] there's a story [A] about it, [D] I got that [E] one from my [A] second wife
A middle [Abm]-aged lady [D] with money to [A] spend, I [D] guess she was [Ebm] the love of [E] my life
[A] I like to never got [D] that damn thing in [D] here, cause it [E] don't seem to fit [A] any house
It's oblong and [Dbm] shapeless, [D] it's ugly and [A] tasteless, but I [D] got it in [E] here and [A] I'll get it out
[Gb] I [A] thanked him for [Abm] telling the three [D] sofa story, [D] I yawned [E] and I said my [A] goodnight
And on my way [Gbm] home I considered the [D] sofas and [Eb] how they were part of his [E] life
[Abm] Buddies and [D] sweethearts, the winners [A] and losers [D] kept [E] conjuring up [A] in my mind
And it's all in the telling [D] of the three [A] sofa story, just one [D] of the places [E] where I have done [A] time
Key:
Ab
Db
D
A
Eb
Ab
Db
D
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] I [Ab] was sitting and drinking [Fm] in an old friend's [Ab] [Db] apartment on the west side [Eb] of Nashville one [Ab] night _
_ And in this [Gm] apartment he [Db] had [Ab] these three [Db] sofas, he had two [Bb] too many [Eb] alright
[F] I [Ab] said, buddy, tell [Db] me about these [Ab] three sofas [Db] and start with [Eb] that black one there [Ab] first _
He said, there's [Cm] a story in each [Ab] of these sofas, but [Db] give me a minute [Eb] for quenching [Ab] my thirst
[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] He said, now that first one [Db] is a good one [Ab] for sleeping, [Db] I got that [Eb] one from my [Ab] first wife
_ She left me [G] half crazy, [Db] took all of [Ab] the babies [Db] and drove off [D] to Houston one [Eb] night
_ [F] Well [Ab] I did as I pleased and I [Db] said [Ab] what I thought [Db] and it drove [Eb] her right out [Ab] of her mind
_ So many [Gm] abuses and [Db] no damned excuses, I've often [Db] been told [Eb] that I'm one of [Ab] that kind
_ [G] Now [Ab] that second sofa, [Db] I got that [Ab] from a pal [Db] who was broke [Eb] and was headed [Ab] back home
He was rim cut [G] and rusty, [Db] boozed [Ab] out and dusty, [Db] and I got that [Bb] thing for [Eb] a song
_ [Ab] On long winter evenings [Db] I'd sit on that sofa and listen to that [Ab] fella sing
_ Well I could [G] do without it, [Fm] but there's [Ab] something about it that makes [Db] me believe [Eb] I'm attached [Ab] to the thing
[G] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] That third one [E] right there, [D] there's a story [A] about it, [D] I got that [E] one from my [A] second wife
_ A middle [Abm]-aged lady [D] with money to [A] spend, I [D] guess she was [Ebm] the love of [E] my life
_ [A] I like to never got [D] that damn thing in [D] here, cause it [E] don't seem to fit [A] any house
_ It's oblong and [Dbm] shapeless, [D] it's ugly and [A] tasteless, but I [D] got it in [E] here and [A] I'll get it out
_ [Gb] I [A] thanked him for [Abm] telling the three [D] sofa story, [D] I yawned [E] and I said my [A] goodnight
And on my way [Gbm] home I considered the [D] sofas and [Eb] how they were part of his [E] life
_ _ _ [Abm] Buddies and [D] sweethearts, the winners [A] and losers [D] kept [E] conjuring up [A] in my mind
And it's all in the telling [D] of the three [A] sofa story, just one [D] of the places [E] where I have done [A] time _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] I [Ab] was sitting and drinking [Fm] in an old friend's [Ab] [Db] apartment on the west side [Eb] of Nashville one [Ab] night _
_ And in this [Gm] apartment he [Db] had [Ab] these three [Db] sofas, he had two [Bb] too many [Eb] alright
[F] I [Ab] said, buddy, tell [Db] me about these [Ab] three sofas [Db] and start with [Eb] that black one there [Ab] first _
He said, there's [Cm] a story in each [Ab] of these sofas, but [Db] give me a minute [Eb] for quenching [Ab] my thirst
[G] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] He said, now that first one [Db] is a good one [Ab] for sleeping, [Db] I got that [Eb] one from my [Ab] first wife
_ She left me [G] half crazy, [Db] took all of [Ab] the babies [Db] and drove off [D] to Houston one [Eb] night
_ [F] Well [Ab] I did as I pleased and I [Db] said [Ab] what I thought [Db] and it drove [Eb] her right out [Ab] of her mind
_ So many [Gm] abuses and [Db] no damned excuses, I've often [Db] been told [Eb] that I'm one of [Ab] that kind
_ [G] Now [Ab] that second sofa, [Db] I got that [Ab] from a pal [Db] who was broke [Eb] and was headed [Ab] back home
He was rim cut [G] and rusty, [Db] boozed [Ab] out and dusty, [Db] and I got that [Bb] thing for [Eb] a song
_ [Ab] On long winter evenings [Db] I'd sit on that sofa and listen to that [Ab] fella sing
_ Well I could [G] do without it, [Fm] but there's [Ab] something about it that makes [Db] me believe [Eb] I'm attached [Ab] to the thing
[G] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] That third one [E] right there, [D] there's a story [A] about it, [D] I got that [E] one from my [A] second wife
_ A middle [Abm]-aged lady [D] with money to [A] spend, I [D] guess she was [Ebm] the love of [E] my life
_ [A] I like to never got [D] that damn thing in [D] here, cause it [E] don't seem to fit [A] any house
_ It's oblong and [Dbm] shapeless, [D] it's ugly and [A] tasteless, but I [D] got it in [E] here and [A] I'll get it out
_ [Gb] I [A] thanked him for [Abm] telling the three [D] sofa story, [D] I yawned [E] and I said my [A] goodnight
And on my way [Gbm] home I considered the [D] sofas and [Eb] how they were part of his [E] life
_ _ _ [Abm] Buddies and [D] sweethearts, the winners [A] and losers [D] kept [E] conjuring up [A] in my mind
And it's all in the telling [D] of the three [A] sofa story, just one [D] of the places [E] where I have done [A] time _ _ _
Facts about this song