C C G F F [Verse 1] C Every night it's the same old grind F G C I leave work at five-o-five C Been doing my best to forget about her F G But she's driving me out of my mind [Chorus] Am Em When I get home I know what I'll find F D7 How I wish that it wasn't so F G C F There'll be no one there to hold me tonight G C In that house on old lonesome road [Verse 2] C I recall how we laughed when we read the name F G C In the paper before we moved in C After we did our friends all asked F G7 If that house was lonesome back then [Chorus] Am Em We were so young our dreams were so new F Dm D There's just no way that we could have known F G C F The irony of that place where we loved G C That house on old lonesome road [Bridge] F C It's only shingles and shutters and a case of worn out stairs A#7 F C Just like my old heart they need repair F G C F Maybe I should sell it yeah maybe that would be the best D7 Dm F G Maybe then someone else could find some love at that address [Verse 3] C I used to love that old house so much F G C Back before she went away C Now everything there is just gathering dust F G7 I should clean it up if I'm gonna stay [Chorus] Am Em But I don't have too much time anymore F D7 I'm too busy talking to ghosts F G C F Cause her memory keeps me company G C In that house on old lonesome road [Bridge] F C It's only shingles and shutters and a case of worn out stairs A#7 F C Just like my old heart they need repair F G C F Maybe I should sell it yeah maybe that would be the best D7 Dm F G Maybe then someone else could find some love at that address [Outro] C G Every night it's the same old grind F G C I leave work at five-o-five C Been doing my best to forget about her F G C But she's driving me out of my mind