Tear My House Down chords by Chris Renzema

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD x2


Verse:
   C majorC     G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
With my own bricks, with clay and sticks
       C majorC    G+G   E minorEm D MajorD
I’ve been building my house
    C majorC    G+G       E minorEm    D MajorD
With tar and mortar, been making my border
   C majorC      G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
To keep the pain out
   C majorC     G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
With my own bricks, with clay and sticks
       C majorC    G+G   E minorEm D MajorD
I’ve been building my house
    C majorC    G+G       E minorEm    D MajorD
With tar and mortar, been making my border
   C majorC      G+G  E minorEm
To keep the pain out

Pre-Chorus:
        D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
So would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC   G+G E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
Would You tear my house down?


Instrumental:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD x2


Verse:
   C majorC     G+G      E minorEm    D MajorD
With my own bricks, with clay and sticks
       C majorC    G+G   E minorEm D MajorD
I’ve been building my house
    C majorC    G+G       E minorEm    D MajorD
With tar and mortar, been making my border
   C majorC      G+G
To keep the pain out

Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm       D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
So would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC   G+G E minorEm
Would You tear my house down?


Chorus:
   D MajorD       C majorC    G+G  E minorEm
And set me on Your rock, O God
    D MajorD           C majorC     G+G   E minorEm
Would You place me where my feet won’t slip?
   D MajorD       C majorC    G+G  E minorEm
And set me on Your rock, O God
    D MajorD           C majorC     G+G   E minorEm
Would You place me where my feet won’t slip?
   D MajorD       C majorC    G+G  E minorEm
And set me on Your rock, O God
    D MajorD           C majorC     G+G   E minorEm
Would You place me where my feet won’t slip?
   D MajorD       C majorC    G+G  E minorEm
And set me on Your rock, O God
    D MajorD           C majorC     G+G   E minorEm D MajorD
Would You place me where my feet won’t slip?


Instrumental:
C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD


Bridge:
   C majorC
So take me back to where I started
 E minorEm
Take me back to when I was
G+G
In Your heart, in Your home
 D MajorD
Before I went out on my own
    C majorC
Lord, tear this house down to its foundations
 E minorEm
Break what You must break in me
 G+G
On the shores of Your salvation
 D MajorD                 C majorC E minorEm
Cast my man-made kingdom into the sea
 G+G      D MajorD
Oh, into the sea


Pre-Chorus:
          C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm       D MajorD       C majorC     G+G
Would You place me where my feet won't slip?
E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Would You tear my house down?
E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC     G+G  E minorEm D MajorD
Would You place me where my feet won't slip?


Outro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD x3
C majorC G+G E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G