INTRO 
 
   C
He tore down the work of 17 years 
                   G        C
Brick by brick and stone by stone 

No hammer was swingin', cause cheatin' and drinkin' 
      G
Don't need no help wreckin' a home 
         C
Aww, but when he came back to the dust and the rubble 
                               F
Of what he has once called his life 
                            C
He dropped to his knees, in sheer disbelief 
       G                    C
At the total destruction in sight 
           C                  G
There were empty closests and empty drawers 
      C                        F
And a tear-stained note on the kitchen floor 
    C                            G     G7
And burning memories, in the fireplace  
   C                  G
He waited too late to say he was wrong 
    C                                 F
His house was still standing, but his home was gone 
        C         E     Am    D
Brother you would not believe  
F            G             C
What you can see from your knees 
 
Fiddle Solo 
C
Right then and there, in an old sinner's prayer 
                  G           C
He told things he kept in the dark 

There was no use in lying, 'cause the man who was listenin' 
      G
Could see every room in his heart 
              C
Well, he took empty whiskey bottles, little black book and all 
                            F
To the fire she left on the grate 
                     C
Sometimes a man will change on his own 
G                          C
Sometimes - I tell you, it takes 
C                   G
Empty closests and empty drawers 
      C                         F
And a tearful confession on the kitchen floor 
    C                            G     G7
And burning memories, in the fireplace  
   C                  G
He waited too late to say he was wrong 
    C                              F
His house was still standing, he'd fight for his home 
        C         E     Am    D
Brother you would not believe  
        C         E     Am    Dsus D
Brother you would not believe  
F            G             C
What you can see from your knees