• Song:

    Tear Down The House

  • Artist:

    The Avett Brothers

  • Album:

    The Second Gleam

The Avett Brothers
Tear Down the House
Second Gleam

Capo 4th

 G (320003@1)          G/F#Tear (320002@1)down the house
     C (x32010@1)       GThat (320003@1)I grew up in
 G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)   GI'll (320003@1)never be the same again
 G (320003@1)    G/F# (320002@1)        C (x32010@1)    GTake (320003@1)everything that I've collected
      G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)   GAnd (320003@1)throw it in a pile
 
  G (320003@1)         G/F#Bulldoze (320002@1)the woods
     C (x32010@1)      GThat (320003@1)I ran through
  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)    GCarry (320003@1)the pictures of me and you
   G (320003@1)      G/F# (320002@1)   C (x32010@1)        GI (320003@1)have no memory of who I once was
    G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)I don't remember your name

 G (320003@1)         G/F#Park (320002@1)the old car
     C (x32010@1)         GThat (320003@1)I love the best
  G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)           G(The) (320003@1)inspections due and it won't pass the test
      G (320003@1)      G/F# (320002@1)     C (x32010@1)       GIt's (320003@1)funny how I have to put it to rest
     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)how one day I will join it

 G (320003@1)  G/F# (320002@1)C (x32010@1)        GI (320003@1)remember crying over you
       G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)I don't mean like a couple of tears
         G (320003@1)           
And I'm blue
     G (320003@1)            G/F#I'm (320002@1)talkin' about collapsing
       C (x32010@1)             GAnd (320003@1)screaming at the moon
      G (320003@1)         DBut (xx0232@1)I'm a better man
     C (x32010@1)          GFor (320003@1)having gone through it
      G (320003@1)         CYes, (x32010@1)I'm a better man
      D (xx0232@1)         CFor (x32010@1)having gone through 

 G (320003@1)  G/F# (320002@1)    C (x32010@1)          GEver (320003@1)since I learned how to curse
 G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)      GI've (320003@1)been using those sorry old words
           G (320003@1)             G/F#But, (320002@1)I'm talkin' to these children
          C (x32010@1)        GAnd (320003@1)I'm keeping it clean
   G (320003@1)               DI (xx0232@1)don't need those words
    C (x32010@1)        GTo (320003@1)say what I mean
       G (320003@1)              CNo, (x32010@1)I don't need those words
    D (xx0232@1)         GTo (320003@1)say what I mean

 G (320003@1)           G/F#Tear (320002@1)down the house
     C (x32010@1)        GThat (320003@1)I grew up in
 G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)  GI'll (320003@1)never be the same again
 G (320003@1)     G/F# (320002@1)       C (x32010@1)      GTake (320003@1)everything that I used to own
      G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)   GAnd (320003@1)burn it in a pile
        G (320003@1)        G/F#And, (320002@1)bulldoze the woods
     C (x32010@1)     GThat (320003@1)I ran through
  G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)     GCarry (320003@1)the pictures of me and you
   G (320003@1)     G/F# (320002@1)     C (x32010@1)       GI (320003@1)have no memory of who I once was
    G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)        GAnd (320003@1)I don't remember your name

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