C 
This ole house once knew my children  
         F 
This ole house once knew my wife 
         G7 
This ole house was home and comfort  
      C 
As we fought the storms of life 
 
This ole house once rang with laughter  
         F 
This ole house heard many a shouts 
         C 
Now she trembles in the darkness 
          G7              C 
When the lightnin' walks about 
 
 
                 F 
I ain't a gonna need this house no longer  
              C 
Ain't a gonna need this house no more 
          G7 
Ain't got time to fix his shingles  
          C 
Ain't got time to fix the door 
 
 
          F 
Ain't got time to oil the hinges  
       C 
Nor to mind the window panes 
              G7 
I ain't gonna need this house no longer  
                              C 
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints 
 
This ole house is a gettin' shaky  
         F 
This ole house is a gettin' old 
         G7 
This ole house stands in the rain  
          C 
This ole house stands in the cold 
 
Oh my knees are gettin' chilly  
      F 
But I feel no fear or pain 
        C                                    
Cause I see an angel a peekin'  
            G7          C 
Through a broken window pane 
 
This ole house is afraid of thunder  
          F 
This ole house is afraid of storms 
         G7 
This ole house just groans and trembles  
         C 
When the night wind flings his arms 
 
This ole house is a gettin' feeble  
         F 
This ole house is a needin' paint 
           C   
Just like me it's tuckered out 
                  G7                C 
But I'm gonna get ready to meet the saints 
 
Now my hound dog lies a-sleepin' 
         F 
He don't know I'm gonna leave 
          G7 
Else he'd wake up by the fireplace 
          C 
And he'd sit there and howl and greive 
 
But my huntin'  days are over 
             F 
Ain't gonna hunt the coon no more 
         C    
Gabriel done grought in my chariot 
          G7                 C 
When the wind blew down the door