Capo 1 
 
     D5          F#5             D5 
It's hung there on the front porch 
                         B5 
Since this old house was built 
     A5        
It's where the old men whittle 
                           D5 
And the women fleece their quilts 
          D5         F#5 
It's held four generations  
                            B5 
Through whatever life could bring 
         A5  
That ol' swing  
               D5 
That ol' porch swing 
 
It held a grieving widow 

When my daddy's daddy died 

And now it rocks my children 

When they close their sleepy eyes 

It's where I popped the question 

With a quarter karot ring 

That ol' swing 

That ol' porch swing 
 

     G5 
It's been there through the sunshine  
     D5 
It's had it's share of rain 
       E5 
Been a witness to some good times 
      A5 
And a like amount of pain 
   D5                  F#5     D5     
If it could tell it's stories 
                    B5 
What a ballad could sing 
         A5   
That ol' swing  
                D5 
That ol' porch swing  
 
 
 
 
Move Capo to 2 (same chords) 
 
It's where brother read the letter  
That sent him off to war 
We knew he had to go and fight 
But we didn't know what for 
When he came home he just sat there 
And never said a thing 
In that swing  
That ol' porch swing 
 
Chorus: 
It's been there through the sunshine  
It's had it's share of rain 
Been a witness to some good times 
And a like amount of pain 
If it could tell it's story 
What a Violin could sing 
That ol' swing  
That ol' porch swing 
 
That ol' swing  
That ol' porch swing...