Tear My House Down
Chris Renzema
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Tom : G
[Trecho 2x]
[Refrão]
C G Em D
With my own bricks, with clay and sticks
C G Em D
I’ve been building my house
C G Em D
With tar and mortar, been making my border
C G Em D
To keep the pain out
[Pre-Chorus]
D C G
So would You tear my house down?
Em D C G
Would You tear my house down?
[Próxima Parte]
Em D C G
Would You tear my house down?
Em D C G Em D/F# G
Would You tear my house down?
[Instrumental]
C G Em
D (2x)
[Verse]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Em D C G
Would You tear my house down?
Em D C G Em
Would You tear my house down?
[Chorus 2x 2x]
D C G Em
And set me on Your rock, O God
D C G Em
Would You place me where my feet won’t slip?
[Instrumental]
C Em G D
[Bridge]
C
So take me back to where I started
Em
Take me back to when I was
G
In Your heart, in Your home
D
Before I went out on my own
C
Lord, tear this house down to its foundations
Em
Break what You must break in me
G
On the shores of Your salvation
D C Em
Cast my man-made kingdom into the sea
G D
Oh, into the sea
[Pre-Chorus 2x]
C G
Would You tear my house down?
Em D C G
Would You place me where my feet won't slip?
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