Sorrow's Tearing Down The House
Written by Mel Tillis & Kent Westberry
Recorded by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Album: Just Between You And Me (1967)

Intro.:  | (F)  | (C)  | (G)  | (C)  | (C)

I (C)met you and we married, we (F)planned our future (C)well
We (F)built our home on (C)happiness, then (D) suddenly it (G)fell
(C)It wasn't long thereafter our (F)love began to (C)tilt
(F)Sorrow's tearin' (C)down the house that (G)happiness once (C) built

First (G) came the weekly parties that (C)never (F)seemed to (C)end
And (D)then came the heartbreak (G)brought by so-called friends

I (C)guess that I'm as much to blame (F)while we share the (C)guilt
(F)Sorrow's tearin' (C)down the house that (G)happiness once (C) built

Inst.:  | (F)  | (C)  | (G)  | (C)  | (C)

First (G) came the weekly parties that (C)never (F)seemed to (C)end
(D)Then came the heartbreak (G)brought by so-called friends

I (C)guess that I'm as much to blame (F)while we share the (C)guilt
(F)Sorrow's tearin' (C)down the house that (G)happiness once (C) built

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(F)Sorrow's tearin' (C)down the house that (G)happiness once (C) built  | (C) (G) (C) ---