<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> Tear down the house <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> That I grew up in <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I'll never be the same again <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Take everything that I've collected <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And throw it in a pile <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> Bulldoze the woods <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> That I ran through <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Carry the pictures of me and you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I have no memory of who I once was <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And I don't remember your name <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> Park the old car <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> That I love the best <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> (The) inspections due and it won't pass the test <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> It's funny how I have to put it to rest <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And how one day...I will join it <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I remember crying over you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And I don't mean like a couple of tears <b class="chord">G</b> And I'm blue <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> I'm talkin' about collapsing <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And screaming at the moon <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> But I'm a better man <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> For having gone through it <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Yes, I'm a better man <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> For having gone through... <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Ever since I learned how to curse <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I've been using those sorry old words <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> But, I'm talkin' to these children <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And I'm keeping it clean <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> I don't need those words <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> To say what I mean <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> No, I don't need those words <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> To say what I mean <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> Tear down the house <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> That I grew up in <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I'll never be the same again <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Take everything that I used to own <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And burn it in a pile <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> And, bulldoze the woods <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> That I ran through <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Carry the pictures of me and you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G/F#</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> I have no memory of who I once was <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And I don't remember your name