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Back When The Old Homeplace Was New
Written and recorded by Tom T. Hall
 
C                              F               C
Well the children come back to see the old homeplace 
                 G7              C
They don't see a thing that they like
                           F              C
The old well out back with its cool clear water 
               G7             C
Don't fit into their style of life

                         F                C
The old gravel road that leads to the old homeplace 
             G7              C
Gets dust on their new shiny cars
                          F                C
Well they didn't complain about nothing to do 
                  G7            C
Back when the old homeplace was new

     F                          C
Back when the old homeplace was new
                               G7
There was plenty to see and to do
    F                         C
But they can't remember and I ain't gonna tell 'em
                  G7            C
Back when the old homeplace was new

                             F                 C
There's an old swimming hole about a half mile away
                      G7            C
And an old tire still swings from a tree
                            F          C
I've got an old jar full of lightening bugs 
               G7                  C
And I just dug fishing worms yesterday

                       F               C
They can't get on line from my old telephone 
                G7        C
And I ain't got no cable TV
                               F            C
Oh we used to tell stories and some of them true
                  G7            C
Back when the old homeplace was new

Repeat #3
 
                            F              C
The toys they treasured are stashed in the attic 
             G7        C
Except for a rusty old bike
                                  F             C
There's a big ball of string in a drawer in the kitchen
                 G7           C
They used to use flying their kites


                               F                 C
There's a battered old can out there by the tool shed
                G7           C
An old can that they used to kick
                               F              C
They sit on the porch and they stare down the driveway
                    G7          C
They just can't see living like this

Repeat #3

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