House By The Stream chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret

INTRO: [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]

He never worried when a [F]day would end
He'd just [Am]watch the cars drive [F]by [C]
Sitting in the twilight of his [F]life, he felt a friend
To the [Dm]highway running just out[C]side

The porch was his rest stop, he was [F]born inside
If he caught your [Am]eye, he'd wave and [F]smile
And I [C]wondered if he knew me from the [F]last time I passed by
A thought that [Dm]stayed with me for another [C]mile [G]

[CHORUS]
And no one [F]stopped only [C]halfway there
The [Am]old house down by the [F]stream [G]
But halfway [F]there was [C]home to him [Am]
He settled in his worn out easy [F]chair
To sit awhile[G] and smile while he [Dm]dreamed
In his [F]house by the [C]stream

INTERLUDE: [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]

Those days on the farm had long [F]disappeared
But his dad's last [Am]words, he'd hold on[F]to
While [C]waving at the highway, a life [F]driving past each day
But a [Dm]smile might have dried a [C]tear [G]

[CHORUS]
And no one [F]stopped only [C]halfway there
The [Am]old house down by the [F]stream [G]
But halfway [F]there was [C]home to him [Am]
He settled in his worn out easy [F]chair
To sit awhile[G] and smile while he [Dm]dreamed
In his [F]house by the [C]stream

INSTRUMENTAL: [C] [Am] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [Dm] [C] [F] [G] [C]

The trees went first, then gravel trucks rolled [F]in
A four lane took [Am]shape a mile a[F]way
Too [C]far to see the highway, life's [F]road dark and empty
A new road [Dm]opened on this closing [C]day [G]

[CHORUS]
And no one [F]stopped only [C]halfway there
The [Am]old house down by the [F]stream [G]
But halfway [F]there was [C]home to him [Am]
He settled in his worn out easy [F]chair
To sit awhile[G] and smile while he [Dm]dreamed
In his [F]house by the [C]stream [F]

[OUTRO]
But no longer does he dr[Dm]eam
In his [F]house by the [C]stream [F] [C] [F]