C[/ch] F[/ch] C[/ch] F[/ch]

It was(C[/ch])where my mama sat on that old(G[/ch])swing

with her crochet(Am[/ch]), It was(F[/ch])where grandaddy

taught(C[/ch])me how to cuss and how to pray(G[/ch]),

It was(Am[/ch])where we made our own(Em[/ch])ice cream

those(F[/ch])sultry summer nights(C[/ch]),

where the(Dm[/ch])bulldog had her pup(Em[/ch])pies,

and us(F[/ch])brothers had our fights(G[/ch]),

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[/ch])had a front(F[/ch])porch like(G[/ch])we did back then(Am[/ch]),

(F[/ch])We’d still have our prob(C[/ch])lems, (G[/ch])but we’d all be friends,

(Am[/ch])Treatin’ your neighbor like he’s(F[/ch])your next of kin(C[/ch])

(F[/ch])wouldn’t be gone(C[/ch]), with the wind(Am[/ch]),

if the world(F[/ch])had a front(C[/ch])porch

like(G[/ch])did back(C[/ch])then. (F[/ch]) (C[/ch]) (F[/ch])

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.

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