Gene Watson – Old Porch Swing (Guitar)

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Track 4 of 10 on the album "In Other Words" (1992) Track 9 of 10 on the album "A Way To Survive" (1997) [Intro] A7 D [Verse 1]
     D                            D7                        G
It's hung there on the front porch since this old house was built

     A7sus4                   A7                         D
It's where the old men whittle and the women piece their quilts

          D               D7                           G
It's held four generations through whatever life could bring

         A7sus4         A7                  D
That ol' swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing
[Verse 2]
   D                    D7                   G
It held a grieving widow when my daddy's daddy died

    A7sus4                  A7                           D
And now it rocks my children when they close their sleepy eyes

     D                          D7                    G
It's where I popped the question with a quarter-karat ring

         A7sus4         A7                  D         D7
That ol' swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing
[Chorus]
     G                                     D
It's been there through the sunshine, it's had its share of rain

       E                                A7
Been a witness to some good times and a like amount of pain

   D                         D7                       G
If it could tell its stories, what a ballad it could sing

         A7sus4         A7                  D         A#7
That ol' swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing
[Verse 3]
           D#                     D#7                    G#
It's where brother read the letter that took him off to war

   A#7sus4                     A#7                      D#
We knew he had to go and fight, but we didn't know what for

        D#                          D#7                   Cm   Fm
When he came home, he just sat there and he never said a thing

        A#7sus4        A#7                 D#        D#7
In that swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing
[Chorus]
     G#                                    D#
It's been there through the sunshine, it's had its share of rain

       F                                A#7
Been a witness to some good times and a like amount of pain

   D#                        D#7                      G#
If it could tell its stories, what a ballad it could sing

         A#7sus4        A#7                 D#
That ol' swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing

         A#7sus4        A#7                 D#
That ol' swing (that old swing), that ol' porch swing