C5 
This ole house once knew my children  
         F5 
This ole house once knew my wife 
         G5 
This ole house was home and comfort  
      C5 
As we fought the storms of life 
 
This ole house once rang with laughter  
         F5 
This ole house heard many a shouts 
         C5 
Now she trembles in the darkness 
          G5              C5 
When the lightnin' walks about 
 
 
                 F5 
I ain't a gonna need this house no longer  
              C5 
Ain't a gonna need this house no more 
          G5 
Ain't got time to fix his shingles  
          C5 
Ain't got time to fix the door 
 
 
          F5 
Ain't got time to oil the hinges  
       C5 
Nor to mind the window panes 
              G5 
I ain't gonna need this house no longer  
                              C5 
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints 
 
This ole house is a gettin' shaky  
         F5 
This ole house is a gettin' old 
         G5 
This ole house stands in the rain  
          C5 
This ole house stands in the cold 
 
Oh my knees are gettin' chilly  
      F5 
But I feel no fear or pain 
        C5                                    
Cause I see an angel a peekin'  
            G5          C5 
Through a broken window pane 
 
This ole house is afraid of thunder  
          F5 
This ole house is afraid of storms 
         G5 
This ole house just groans and trembles  
         C5 
When the night wind flings his arms 
 
This ole house is a gettin' feeble  
         F5 
This ole house is a needin' paint 
           C5   
Just like me it's tuckered out 
                  G5                C5 
But I'm gonna get ready to meet the saints 
 
Now my hound dog lies a-sleepin' 
         F5 
He don't know I'm gonna leave 
          G5 
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace 
          C5 
And he'd sit there and howl and greive 
 
But my huntin'  days are over 
             F5 
Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more 
         C5    
Gabriel done grought in my chariot 
          G5                 C5 
When the wind blew down the door