This Ole House chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

C majorC                        FF
This ole house once knew my children, this ole house once knew my wife;
     G+G                C majorC
This ole house was home and comfort as we fought the storms of life.
     C majorC                   FF
This old house once rang with laughter, this old house heard many shouts;
     G+G                 C majorC
Now she trembles in the darkness when the lightnin' walks about.
        FF
Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer,
        C majorC
Ain't a-gonna need this house no more;
      G+G             C majorC    C/BC/B   Am7Am7
Ain't got time to fix the shingles, ain't got time to fix the floor,
Am7/GAm7/G    FF  F? (III)    F?   C majorC    C/BC/B  Am7Am7
Ain't got time to oil the hinges nor to mend the win-dow-pane;
G?    G+G          G7G7
Ain't gonna need this house no longer--
        G+G    G/AG/A G/BG/B  C majorC
I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.
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.
Oh, my knees are a-gettin' shaky, but I feel no fear nor pain,
'Cause I see an angel peekin' through a broken windowpane.

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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 ole house is gettin' feeble, this old house is needin' paint;
Just like me it's tuckered out, but I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints.

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My ol' hound 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.

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