FROM YOUR KNEES
Matt King / Patty Loveless
From the CD "Hard Country"
[INTRO]
C
He tore down the work of 17 years
G C
Brick by brick and stone by stone
No hammer was swingin', cause cheatin' and drinkin'
G
Don't need no help wreckin' a home
C
Aww, but when he came back to the dust and the rubble
F
Of what he has once called his life
C
He dropped to his knees, in sheer disbelief
G C
At the total destruction in sight
C G
There were empty closests and empty drawers
C F
And a tear-stained note on the kitchen floor
C G G7
And burning memories, in the fire place
C G
He waited too late to say he was wrong
C F
His house was still standing, but his home was gone
C E Am D
Brother you would not be lieve
F G C
What you can see from your knees
[Fiddle Solo]
C
Right then and there, in an old sinner's prayer
G C
He told things he kept in the dark
There was no use in lying, 'cause the man who was listenin'
G
Could see every room in his heart
C
Well, he took empty whiskey bottles, little black book and all
F
To the fire she left on the grate
C
Sometimes a man will change on his own
G C
Sometimes - I tell you, it takes
C G
Empty closests and empty drawers
C F
And a tearful confession on the kitchen floor
C G G7
And burning memories, in the fire place
C G
He waited too late to say he was wrong
C F
His house was still standing, he'd fight for his home
C E Am D
Brother you would not be lieve
C E Am Dsus D
Brother you would not be lieve
F G C
What you can see from your knees