Half A House Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Half A House
Recorded Floyd Tillman and Merle Haggard
Written by Floyd Tillman
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They say a house is just half a
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house without a
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woman
And
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now I guess that old saying must be
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true
When I go
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home it ain't n
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o home without
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woman
Cause my old
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house is just
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half a house without
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you
Well like the
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world without a sound to go
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around
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home I still hear the echo of that
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faded old
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sound
Just like a
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ship in desert
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sands what can I
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Cause my old
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house is just
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half a house without
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you
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Cause my old
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house is just
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half a house without
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song Half A House?
- The song Half A House was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
