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Old Porch Swing lyrics and chords are provided for your personal use, it's a Gene Watson classic. You can quickly and easily learn to play and sing this very pretty song, it's slow with simple chords.
Old Porch Swing
by Gene Watson
C
Its hung there on the front porch
Since this old house was built
G7
Its where the old men whittle
C
And the women fleece their quilts
Its held four generations
Through whatever life could bring
G7 C
That old swing that old porch swing
C
It held a grieving widow
When my daddy's daddy died
G7
And now it rocks my children
C
When they close their sleepy eyes
It's where I popped the question
With a quarter karat ring
G7 C C7
That old swing that old porch swing
F
Its been there through the sunshine
C
Its had its share of rain
D7
Been a witness to some good times
G7
And alike amount of pain
C
If it could tell its story
What a ballad it could sing
G7 C
That old swing that old porch swing
C
It's where brother read the letter
That sent him off to war
G7
We knew he had to go and fight
C
But we didn't know what for
When he came home he just sat there
And never said a thing
G7 C
In that swing that old porch swing
Repeat #3
This is a good song for us less gifted pickers to play, it's done slowly and all the chords are easy to make. Gene Watson recorded a lot of pretty songs that we can do, click on the link above for a good selection of his lyrics. Browse Pure Country Music for a great selection of his cds, just click on their banner below. Print Old Porch Swing lyrics and chords, you can learn to play it with very little effort.
