If the World Had a Front Porch

c/c/c/c/ch C F C F c/ch c/ch It was(C)where my mama sat on that old(G)swing ch/ch c/ch with her crochet(Am), It was(F)where grandaddy c/ch c/ch taught(C)me how to cuss and how to pray(G), ch/ch ch/ch It was(Am)where we made our own(Em)ice cream c/ch c/ch those(F)sultry summer nights(C), ch/ch ch/ch where the(Dm)bulldog had her pup(Em)pies, c/ch c/ch and us(F)brothers had our fights(G), 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: c/ch c/ch c/ch ch/ch If the world(C)had a front(F)porch like(G)we did back then(Am), c/ch c/ch c/ch (F)We'd still have our prob(C)lems, (G)but we'd all be friends, ch/ch c/ch c/ch (Am)Treatin' your neighbor like he's(F)your next of kin(C) c/ch c/ch ch/ch (F)wouldn't be gone(C), with the wind(Am), c/ch c/ch if the world(F)had a front(C)porch c/ch c/ch c/chc/chc/ch like(G)did back(C)then. (F) (C) (F) 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. tracylawrence.com/Cached