Chords:
G 320003 C x32010
G/F# 2x0003 C/B x2x010
Em 022000 Am7 x02010
C x32010 F#* 2x0200
Cmaj7 x32000 Fdim 1x0200
my clumsy notation for the intro and instrumentals:
| separate the measures, * is a whole note, and - is a half note
(Intro) G G/F# Em C Cmaj7 G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G Fdim
|***- - | **** | * * * * | ***- - | * - - * * | **** | ****
GG --/F#
It's a churchyard auction, a sight to see,
Em
where the eyes are big, and the odds are lean.
CCmaj7
The pockets all are empty, the chances all are gone,
GG - EmF#
but there's a free bet yet on a house of stone,
C - C/B - Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
GG - G-F#
Now some may sing sounds of hallelujah
Em
and dream about a mansion of gold
CCmaj7
but to each be true, and to each be known
GG - EmF#
My dreams all are resting on a house of stone,
C - C/B - Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
(Instr) G G/F# Em C Cmaj7 G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G Fdim
|***- - | **** | * * * * | ***- - | * - - * * | **** | ****
GG - G-F#
Say that devil's a sly one with many kind friends.
Em
His riches are boundless, they know no end.
CCmaj7
Down in the valley, the shadow's grown,
GG - EmF#
but in the light of Calvary, sits a house of stone,
C - C/B - Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
(Finale)
G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G
- - | * - - * * | * (hold)