Tear Down the House
By The Avett Brothers
Verse
T
C
ear down the
C/B
house
That
F
I grew up
C
in
I
C
'll never
G
be the s
F
ame ag
C
ain
T
C
ake eve
C/B
rything that
F
I’ve co
C
llected
And th
C
row it
G
in a p
C
ile
Verse
Bu
C
lldoze the w
C/B
oods
That
F
I ran thr
C
ough
Ca
C
rry the pict
G
ures of m
F
e and y
C
ou
I h
C
ave no me
C/B
mory of
F
who I once
C
was
And
C
I don't rem
G
ember your n
C
ame
Verse
P
C
ark the old
C/B
car
That
F
I love the b
C
est
(T
C
he) inspections d
G
ue and it wo
F
n’t pass the t
C
est
It’s f
C
unny how
C/B
I have to
F
put it to
C
rest
And h
C
ow one d
G
ay…I will jo
C
in it
Verse
I
C
reme
C/B
mber
F
crying over
C
you
And I d
C
on't mean like a co
G
uple of te
F
ars
And I'm b
C
lue
I’m t
C
alkin’ about co
C/B
llapsing
And scr
F
eaming at the mo
C
on
But I'
C
m a better m
G
an
For h
F
aving gone th
C
rough it
Yes, I
C
'm a better
F
man
For ha
G
ving gone th
F
rough…
Verse
E
C
ver s
C/B
ince I le
F
arned how to
C
curse
I
C
’ve been us
G
ing those so
F
rry old w
C
ords
But, I’m ta
C
lkin’ to these c
C/B
hildren
And I’m ke
F
eping it cl
C
ean
I d
C
on’t need those wo
G
rds
To s
F
ay what I m
C
ean
No, I d
C
on’t need those w
F
ords
To s
G
ay what I me
C
an
Verse
T
C
ear down the h
C/B
ouse
That
F
I grew up i
C
n
I
C
'll never
G
be the s
F
ame a
C
gain
T
C
ake ever
C/B
ything that
F
I used to
C
own
And bu
C
rn it
G
in a p
C
ile
And, bul
C
ldoze the w
C/B
oods
That
F
I ran th
C
rough
Ca
C
rry the pic
G
tures of
F
me and y
C
ou
I h
C
ave no m
C/B
emory of w
F
ho I once
C
was
And
C
I don't remem
G
ber your na
C
me