It Takes A Heap Of Living Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][C]

[Verse 1]
I remember [C]many years
[G]ago when I was just [D]lad
Livin' in the country with
my moma and my [G]dad
[C]It seems I can see 'em in that
faded yellow [G]light[D]
Moma sowin' on some buttons
and daddy puffin' [G]on his pipe.

[Verse 2]
I [C]can here my mother hummin' in
a voice so sweet [G]an d low
Keep[D]in' time with that old rocker
as she's [G]rockin' to [C]and fro
With us youngin's gathered around her,
[G]drowsey little sleepy heads
[D]Cryin' tell us another story
before you put us in [G]to bed.

[Verse 3]
[C]And moma would stop a- rockin'
and stories [G]she would tell
[D]Stories from the family [G]bible were
the ones she knowed so [C]well.
Of a baby in a manger near
[G]a town called Bethlehem
[D]About David and Goliath and t[G]he
shepard with his lands.
[C]

[Verse 4]
Well, it takes a heap of living,
lots of [G]take and lots givin'
Lord, [Em]It t[D]akes a heap of livin' ju[G]st
to make a house [C]a home
Lots of work and lots of [G]play and
an awful lot of [D]prayin'
Lord, it takes a heap of livin' just to [G]make
[C]a house a home.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
- - - Instru[C]mental - - -

[Verse 6]
Well, it takes a heap of living,
lots of [G]take and lots givin'
Lord, It [D]takes a heap of livin' just
to make [G]a house a home
[C]Lots of work and lots of play and
[G]an awful lot of prayin'
[D]Lord, it takes a heap of livin' just
[G]to make a house [C]a home.

[Interlude 2]
[G][A]

[Verse 7]
[D]- - - Instrumental - - -
Now I sit and turn the pages
[A]of this old family [E]book
My mind goes back to childhood and
[A]the tears fall where I loo[D]k
All the family names are listed [A]here
most of 'em have passed [E]away
And Lord, I pray the family [A]circle
will be together some day.

[Verse 8]
Well, [D]it takes a heap of living,
[A]lots of take and lots giv[E]in'
Lord, It takes a heap [A]of livin' just
to make a house a home
Lots of [D]work and lots of play [A]and
an awful lot [E]of prayin'
Lord, it takes a heap of liv[A]in' [D]just
[A]to make a house a home.

[Verse 9]
[E](Takes a heap of livin' just to [A]make
a [D]house a home...)

[Outro 1]
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