If The World Had A Front Porch

[intro];  C  F  C  F  
  
It was (C)where my mama sat on  
That old (G)swing with her crochet(Am)  
It was (F)where granddaddy (C)taught me  
How to cuss (F) and how to (G)pray  
It was (Am)where we made our own (Em)ice cream  
Those (F)sultry summer (C)nights  
Where the (Dm)bulldog had her pup(Em)pies  
And us (F)brothers had our (G)fights  
  
There were (C)many nights I'd sit right there  
And (G)look out at the (Am)stars  
To the (F)sound of a distant (C)whippoorwill  
Or the hum (F) of a passing (G)car  
It was (Am)where I first got (Em)up the nerve  
To (F)steal me my first (C)kiss  
And it was (Dm)where I learned to (Em)play guitar  
And (F)pray I had the (G)gift  
  
Chorus  
If the (C)world had a front (F)porch like (G)we had back then(Am)  
(F)We'd still have our prob(C)lems (G)but we'd all be friends  
(Am)Treating your (Em)neighbor like he's (F)your next of (C)kin  
(F)Wouldn't be gone(C) with the wind(Am) (G) 
If the (F)world had (C)front porch like (G)we did back (C)then   F  C  
  
Purple hulls and pintos  
I've (G)shelled more than my (Am)share   
As (F)lightning bugs and (C)crickets  
(F) Danced in the evening (G)air  
And like a (Am)beacon that old (Em)yellow bulb  
It (F)always led me (C)home  
Some how(Dm) mamma (Em)always knew (F) 
Just when to leave it on(G)  
  
Reapeat Chorus  
  
  
(Am)Treating your (Em)neighbor like he's (F)your next of (C)kin  
(F)Wouldn't be (C)gone with the (Am)wind  
If the (F)world had a (C)front porch like (G)we did back (C)then   F  C  F    C