The Avett Brothers – Tear Down The House (Ukulele)

Capo 4
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Chords

Second Gleam
 G            G/F#
[tab]     C         G
That I grew up in

 G         D       C     G
I'll never be the same again

 G      G/F#          C      G
Take everything that I’ve collected

      G      D     G
And throw it in a pile

  G           G/F#
Bulldoze the woods

     C        G
That I ran through

  G           D        C      G
Carry the pictures of me and you

   G        G/F#     C          G
I have no memory of who I once was

    G          D           G
And I don't remember your name

 G           G/F#
Park the old car

     C           G
That I love the best

  G                D           C             G
(The) inspections due and it won’t pass the test

      G        G/F#       C         G
It’s funny how I have to put it to rest

     G       D           G
And how one day…I will join it

 G    G/F#  C          G
I remember crying over you

       G                  D         C
And I don't mean like a couple of tears

         G             
And I'm blue

     G              G/F#
I’m talkin’ about collapsing

       C               G
And screaming at the moon

      G           D
But I'm a better man

     C            G
For having gone through it

      G           C
Yes, I'm a better man

      D           C
For having gone through…

 G    G/F#      C            G
Ever since I learned how to curse

 G          D           C        G
I’ve been using those sorry old words

           G               G/F#
But, I’m talkin’ to these children

          C          G
And I’m keeping it clean

   G                 D
I don’t need those words

    C          G
To say what I mean

       G                C
No, I don’t need those words

    D           G
To say what I mean

 G             G/F#
Tear down the house

     C          G
That I grew up in

 G         D       C    G
I'll never be the same again

 G       G/F#         C        G
Take everything that I used to own

      G     D     G
And burn it in a pile

        G          G/F#
And, bulldoze the woods

     C       G
That I ran through

  G          D        C       G
Carry the pictures of me and you

   G       G/F#       C         G
I have no memory of who I once was

    G            D          G
And I don't remember your name