Sittin On The Front Porch Swing chords by Dolly Parton

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D A G D
G A |D Dsus D D|

Verse 1:
   D     A       G        D
I remember the time when the bloom was on the cotton
     D         A        Bm        A
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings
    D         A   G        D
Winter cares which we're already few or soon forgotten
   G       A      |D Dsus4 D D|
Just sittin' on the front porch swing

Verse 2:
    D     A     G          D
Oh we sit every Sunday and watched the married ladies
    D        A      Bm         A
And we dreamed of white dresses and church bells in the spring
     D            A         G        D
And they talked and painted their nails while they let us hold their babies
G        A      |D Dsus4 D D|
Sittin' on the front porch swing

Chorus 1:
     Bm     F#m     G        D
Where was I when the time came to join the married ladies
    Bm     F#m      G       A
Why did I paint the nail when the finger had no ring
    Bm    A     G         D
Why do I sit at my age and long to hold their baby
G        A      |D Dsus4 D D|
Sittin' on the front porch swing

Verse 3:
     D       A       G    D
When the mind longs to follow but the memory erases
     D       A       Bm        A
And the lips form the words that the heart no longer sings
     D      A         G        D
When the leaves in the hollow have been died to match our faces
G        A      |D Dsus4 D D|
Sittin' on the front porch swing

Chorus 2:
     Bm     F#m      G         D
Oh we'll dream of the time when the bloom was on the cotton
     Bm        F#m       G         A
When our hearts chased the clouds like the swallows on their wings
    Bm      A       G       D
But the words to the rhyme are the only things forgotten
G        A      Bm  A
Sittin' on the front porch swing
G        A      |D Dsus4 D D|
Sittin' on the front porch swing

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