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]
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]
