Gene Watson - Old Porch Swing guitar chord

Old Porch Swing

By Gene Watson

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@satx.rr.com

5/25/04

Capo 1

D F#m/A D7

It's hung there on the front porch

Bm

Since this old house was built

A

It's where the old men whittle

D

And the women fleece their quilts

D F#m/A

It's held four generations

Bm

Through whatever life could bring

A

That ol' swing

D

That ol' porch swing

It held a grieving widow

When my daddy's daddy died

And now it rocks my children

When they close their sleepy eyes

It's where I popped the question

With a quarter karot ring

That ol' swing

That ol' porch swing

Chorus:

G

It's been there through the sunshine

D

It's had it's share of rain

E7

Been a witness to some good times

A

And a like amount of pain

D F#m/A D7

If it could tell it's stories

Bm

What a ballad could sing

A

That ol' swing

D

That ol' porch swing

Move Capo to 2 (same chords)

It's where brother read the letter

That sent him off to war

We knew he had to go and fight

But we didn't know what for

When he came home he just sat there

And never said a thing

In that swing

That ol' porch swing

Chorus:

It's been there through the sunshine

It's had it's share of rain

Been a witness to some good times

And a like amount of pain

If it could tell it's story

What a Violin could sing

That ol' swing

That ol' porch swing

That ol' swing

That ol' porch swing...