Misc, This Old House Tabs

This Old House
words and music by Stuart Hamblen
also recorded by Rosemary Clooney

             D
1.  This ole house once knew my children
D7       G
This ole house once knew my wife
         A7
This ole house was home and comfort
      D          G         D
as we fought the storms of life
         D
This ole house once rang with laughter
D7       G
This ole house heard many shouts
        A7
Now she trembles in the darkness
                         D
When the lightnin' walks about

                   G
CH:  Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
              D
Ain't a-gonna need this house no more
          A7
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
          D       A7      D7
Ain't got time to fix the floor
          G
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
       D
Nor to mend the window pane
              A7
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer
                                D
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

2.  This ole house is a-gettin' shaky
This ole house is a-gettin' old
This ole house lets in the rain
This ole house lets in the cold
On my knees I'm gettin' chilly
But I feel no fear nor pain
'Cause I see an angel peekin'
Through a broken window pane

3.  This ole house is afraid of thunder
This ole house is afraid of storms
This ole house just groans and trembles
When the night wind flings its arms
This old house is gettin' feeble
This ole house is needin' paint
Just like me its tuckered out
But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

4.  This ole house dog lies a-sleepin'
He don't know I'm gonna leave
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace
And he'd sit there and howl and grieve
But my huntin' days are over
Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more
Gabriel done brought in my chariot
When the wind blew down the door