Tearing ‘Em Down ©Robert W Marr March 18, 2006

D G
Check out that house up there on the hill
D G
It sure is a fine sight to see
D G
How many people have walked through its doors
A D
It’s a hundred years older than me

D G
Check out that building over there down the street
D G
It sure is a fine sight to see
D G
How many people have walked through its doors
A D
It’s a hundred years older than me

G D
They were built with the hands of the masters
G D
Standin’ proud for all of these years
G D
But they’re in the way now of somebody’s dream
A D
And they’re about to come down with no tears.
G G/F# G G/F#
And they’re tearing em down, tearin’ em down
G G/F# E D
Tearin’ em down with no tears.

D G
The lands that we come from, all over this world
D G
Have a different way of dealing with old
D G
They never tear down a place that’s kept ‘em
A D
Alive and out of the cold.

D G
They still have things that are older than Moses
D G
But nothin’ is bringin’ ‘em down
D G
If they can stay clear of the work of the mad-man
A D
Who knows how long they’ll be around.

G D
They were built with the hands of the masters
G D
Standin’ proud for all of these years
G D
And they’re not in the way of anybody’s dream
A D
Just the sight of them brings out the tears.

D G
Check out that cathedral up there on the hill
D G
It sure is a fine sight to see
D G
How many people have walked through its doors
A D
It’s a thousand years older than me

G G/F# G G/F#
But here, they’re tearing em down, tearin’ em down
G G/F# E D
Tearin’ em down with no tears.

G G/F# G G/F#
Yes, here they’re tearing em down, tearin’ em down
G G/F# E D
Tearin’ em down with no tears.