My Fathers House Lyrics And Guitar Chords

In My Fathers House,This Irish folk song [ lyrics and chords ] was recorded by The Furey Brothers And Davie Arthur [ songs ]. Written By Kevin Sheeran Also recorded by Johnny Donegan, Barry Doyle Derek Ryan, John Hogan, P.J. Murrihy, Danial O'Donnell, Johnny McEvoy [ album -Into the Cauldron ] ''Project West'' and by Foster And Allen.

The sheet music for In My Father's House along with the tin whistle notes are in the PDF songbook version on this site. It's the full music score with all the verses.

​The above list of sheet music / tin whistle notes are in 
The Johnny McEvoy ebook of songs at the bottom of this page.

[D]The gable wa[A7]ll is all thats [D]left now[G]
The old thached [D]cottage is falling [A7]down
I dry [D]my eye[G]s as I fondly re[D]membe[G]r
Days of[D] long ag[A7]o when I was [D]young
 
 
[D]In my Fathers house we were poor[G] but rich in
Love no[D] TV but music we had [A7]plenty of
And my mother hummed those[D] melodies and we all sang [G]along
In my [D]Fathers Hous[A7]e when I was[D] young.
 
 
Now comes the time when I am older
And my own children are reared and gone
I wonder then will they fondly remember
The days of long ago when they were young.
 
 
In my father's house, his smoile would greet you at the door,
A friendly word, a we drop is what we welcomed for ?
And at night time neighbours rambled in,
Might stay 'till twelfe or one
 
In my father's house, when I was young.
Now years have passed and times are changing
The rambling house is almost gone
But still I hear the laughter of children
Just like long ago when I was young.
 
 
In my fatheres house, we were poor but rich in love
No t.v. but good times there were plenty of.
And we made the best of what we had, and we sang a happy song
In my fathers house, when we were young

The gable wall is all thats left now
The old thached cottage is falling down
I dry my eyes as I fondly remember
Days of long ago when I was young
 
 
Repeat Chorus
Now comes the time when I am older
And my own children are reared and gone
I wonder then will they fondly remember
The days of long ago when they were young
 
 
Repeat chorus
Now years have passed and times are changing
The rambling house is almost gone
But still I hear the laughter of children
Just like long ago when I was young

​✅ All verses and chorus chorded in G Major

🎸 A natural folk strumming pattern

🎶 A fingerpicking tab for the first verse and chorus

🎵 In My Father’s House

Key: G Major

Verse 1

The [G]gable wall is all that’s [D7]left now,
The old thatched [G]cottage is falling [D7]down,
I dry my [G]eyes as I fondly re[C]mem[G]ber,
Days of [G]long a[D7]go when I was [G]young.

Chorus

In my [G]father’s house, we were [C]poor but rich in love,
No [G]TV but music we had [D7]plenty of,
And my [G]mother hummed those [C]melodies, and we all sang [G]along,
In my [G]father’s [D7]house when I was [G]young.

Verse 2

Now [G]comes the time when I am [D7]older,
And my own [G]children are reared and [D7]gone,
I [G]wonder then will they fondly re[C]mem[G]ber,
The [G]days of [D7]long ago when they were [G]young.

Verse 3

In my [G]father’s house, his smile would [D7]greet you at the door,
A [G]friendly word, a wee drop we’d [D7]welcome for sure,
And at [G]night-time neighbours [C]rambled in, might stay till [G]one,
In my [G]father’s [D7]house when I was [G]young.

Verse 4

Now [G]years have passed and times are [D7]changing,
The [G]rambling house is almost [D7]gone,
But [G]still I hear the laughter of [C]chil[G]dren,
Just like [G]long a[D7]go when I was [G]young.

Chorus (Repeat)

In my [G]father’s house, we were [C]poor but rich in love,
No [G]TV but music we had [D7]plenty of,
And we [G]made the best of [C]what we had, and we sang a [G]happy song,
In my [G]father’s [D7]house when I was [G]young.

🎸 Strumming Pattern (Gentle Folk 4/4)

Pattern:

D – D U – U D U

Count:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D (1) – (2) D U (3 &) – (4) U D U (&)

Feel:

Use light wrist motion, keeping it smooth and even.

Emphasize beats 2 and 4 slightly.

On emotional phrases (like “when I was young”), let the last chord ring for a full measure.

Optional variation for verses:

D – D – D U (softer, more spacious picking feel)

🎶 Fingerpicking Tab (First Verse & Chorus)

This uses a Travis-picking pattern — alternating thumb bass with light melody.

Picking pattern (general):

Thumb (P): Alternating bass  
Index (i): G string  
Middle (m): B string  
Pattern: P (bass) – i (G) – m (B) – i (G)

Verse Fingerpicking Tab
[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 The gable wall is all that's left now

[D7]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----2---2-------|----2---2-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 The old thatched cottage is falling down

[C]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|
A|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
 I dry my eyes as I fondly remember

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|

[D7]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----2---2-------|----2---2-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 Days of long ago when I was young

Chorus Fingerpicking Tab
[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 In my father’s house we were poor but rich in love

[C]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|
A|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|

[D7]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----2---2-------|----2---2-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 And my mother hummed those melodies and we all sang along

[C]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------1---------|------1---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|
A|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[G]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---------|------0---------|
G|----0---0-------|----0---0-------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
 In my father’s house when I was young

​Below is the list of songs in the Furey Brothers Tin Whistle Sheet Music Tabs.
Some of the later songs that were recorded by Finbar Furey are included.
​Campfire in the dark sheet music is included.
The price of the ebook is €9.95. 

Here are the guitar chords in the key of G
[G]The gable wa[D7]ll is all thats [G]left now[C]
The old thached [G]cottage is falling [D7]down
I dry [G]my eye[C]s as I fondly re[G]membe[C]r
Days of[G] long ag[D7]o when I was [G]young
 
 
[G]In my Fathers house we were poor[C] but rich in
Love no[G] TV but music we had [D7]plenty of
And my mother hummed those[G] melodies and we all sang [C]along
In my [G]Fathers Hous[D7]e when I was[G] young.

An Old Irish Farmhouse with a typical red hay barn and tractor along with a roadside pump and P&T Phone box at a crossroads in rural Ireland.