Porch Swing in Tupelo chords by Elton John
Verse 1
C
G
D
C
G
D
A
F#
There's
Bm
A
D
a porch swing in Tupelo
A
Bm
In the shade of the south
G
Where the sweet honey drips
D
C
G
offa that old hush yo mouth
D
A
Bm
It's a slow road on down
A
G
D
That old Natchez Trace
F#
Through Alabama cotton field
G
C
D
A
s to a state of Grace
F#
It's a
Verse 2
Bm
D
crisp golden Autumn
A
Bm
On the Tennessee line
G
D
Rolling down to Mississippi like
C
G
you headed back in time
D
A
Bm
Town's closed on Sunday
D
G
Everybody's in church
D
F#
It's empty as the moon this
G
C
D
G
place here on earth
D
And this place don't
Verse 3
G
C
change
G
D
Some places move slow
E
I'm just rocking myself on
A
this porch swing in Tupelo
F#
Bm
I got nothing to do 'cept
G
hang in the breeze
D
Ghosts of the old south are
F#
Bm
all around me
G
D
Yea swing high, yea swing low
C
G
Here on this porch swing in Tupelo
Verse 4
D
A
F#
Bm
D
His mama must have loved him
A
Bm
That truck drivin' boy
G
With the grease monkey look and
D
C
G
the rock 'n roll voice
D
A
Bm
Well I was just thinkin' 'bout him
G
D
Cause I guess he sat here
F#
G
Singing all praise to God
C
D
through poverty's tears
Verse 5
G
C
And this place don't change
G
D
Some places move slow
E
I'm just rocking myself on
A
this porch swing in Tupelo
F#
Bm
I got nothing to do 'cept
G
hang in the breeze
D
Ghosts of the old south are
F#
Bm
all around me
G
D
Yea swing high, yea swing low
C
G
Here on this porch swing in Tupelo
D
A
F#
Interlude 1
Bm
D
A
Bm
G
D
C
G
D
A
Bm
A
G
D
F#
G
C
D
Verse 6
G
C
And this place don't change
G
D
Some places move slow
E
I'm just rocking' myself on
A
this porch swing in Tupelo
F#
Bm
I got nothing to do 'cept
G
hang in the breeze
D
Ghosts of the old south are
F#
Bm
all around me
G
D
Yea swing high, yea swing low
C
G
Here on this porch swing in Tupelo
D
G
And this place don't change
D
Some places move slow
E
I'm just rocking' myself on
A
this porch swing in Tupelo
F#
Bm
A
I got nothing to do but hang in the breeze
G
D
The ghosts of the old south
F#
Bm
all around me
G
D
Yea swing high, yea swing low
C
G
D
On this porch swing in Tupelo
Verse 7
C
G
Here on this porch swing in Tupelo
Verse 8
D
C
G
D
Here on this porch swing in Tupelo
Porch Swing in Tupelo
Elton John
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