Chords:
G 320003 C x32010
G/F# 2x0003 C/B x2x010
Em 022000 Am7 x02010
C x32010 F#* 2x0200
Cmaj7 x32000 Fdim 1x0200
my clumsy notation for the intro and instrumentals:
| separate the measures, * is a whole note, and - is a half note
[Intro] G G/F# Em C Cmaj7 G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G Fdim
|***- - | **** | * * * * | ***- - | * - - * * | **** | ****
G G - G/F# -
It's a churchyard auction, a sight to see,
Em
where the eyes are big, and the odds are lean.
C Cmaj7
The pockets all are empty, the chances all are gone,
G G - G/F# - Em
but there's a free bet yet on a house of stone,
C '" C/B '" Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
G G - G/F# -
Now some may sing sounds of hallelujah
Em
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and dream about a mansion of gold
C Cmaj7
but to each be true, and to each be known
G G - G/F# - Em
My dreams all are resting on a house of stone,
C '" C/B '" Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
[Instr] G G/F# Em C Cmaj7 G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G Fdim
|***- - | **** | * * * * | ***- - | * - - * * | **** | ****
G G - G/F# -
Say that devil's a sly one with many kind friends.
Em
His riches are boundless, they know no end.
C Cmaj7
Down in the valley, the shadow's grown,
G G - G/F# - Em
but in the light of Calvary, sits a house of stone,
C '" C/B '" Am7 F#* G
mmm- mmm- mmm a house of stone.
[Finale]
G G/F# Em C C/B Am7 F#* G
- - | * - - * * | * (hold)
