INTRO C5 He tore down the work of 17 years G5 C5 Brick by brick and stone by stone No hammer was swingin', cause cheatin' and drinkin' G5 Don't need no help wreckin' a home C5 Aww, but when he came back to the dust and the rubble F5 Of what he has once called his life C5 He dropped to his knees, in sheer disbelief G5 C5 At the total destruction in sight C5 G5 There were empty closests and empty drawers C5 F5 And a tear-stained note on the kitchen floor C5 G5 G5 And burning memories, in the fireplace C5 G5 He waited too late to say he was wrong C5 F5 His house was still standing, but his home was gone C5 E5 A5 D5 Brother you would not believe F5 G5 C5 What you can see from your knees Fiddle Solo C5 Right then and there, in an old sinner's prayer G5 C5 He told things he kept in the dark There was no use in lying, 'cause the man who was listenin' G5 Could see every room in his heart C5 Well, he took empty whiskey bottles, little black book and all F5 To the fire she left on the grate C5 Sometimes a man will change on his own G5 C5 Sometimes - I tell you, it takes C5 G5 Empty closests and empty drawers C5 F5 And a tearful confession on the kitchen floor C5 G5 G5 And burning memories, in the fireplace C5 G5 He waited too late to say he was wrong C5 F5 His house was still standing, he'd fight for his home C5 E5 A5 D5 Brother you would not believe C5 E5 A5 D5 D5 Brother you would not believe F5 G5 C5 What you can see from your knees
