################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ From: Carl Cressman To: cowpie@olga.net Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 9:36 PM Subject: If the world had a front porch by: Tracy Lawerence,chords subject: If the world had a front porch By: Tracy Lawerence chords C F C F It was(C)where my mama sat on that old(G)swing with her crochet(Am), It was(F)where grandaddy taught(C)me how to cuss and how to pray(G), It was(Am)where we made our own(Em)ice cream those(F)sultry summer nights(C), where the(Dm)bulldog had her pup(Em)pies, and us(F)brothers had our fights(G), There were many nights I'd sit right there and look out at the stars, to the sound of a distant wippoorwhill, or the hum of a passin' car, it was where I first got up the nerve to steal me my first kiss, and it was where I learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift, CHORUS: If the world(C)had a front(F)porch like(G)we did back then(Am), (F)We'd still have our prob(C)lems, (G)but we'd all be friends, (Am)Treatin' your neighbor like he's(F)your next of kin(C) (F)wouldn't be gone(C), with the wind(Am), if the world(F)had a front(C)porch like(G)did back(C)then. (F) (C) (F) Purple hulls and pintos, I've shelled more than my share, lighting bugs and crickets, Danced in the evening air, and like a beacon that ole' yellow moon it always lead me home, some how mama always knew, just when to leave it on, repeat chorus: Treatin your neighbor like he's your next of kin wouldn't be gone with the wind, if the world had a front porch, like we did back then.