Tempo should be adagio - slow, and almost out of rhythm. imagine stepping out of deep mud.


[Intro]

                         
                  PAUSE 
(   
pressing the A

/    
 string on the

          
 second fret)


[Verse]

             
   There is a 

             
house built ou

 
t of stone
             
   Wooden floo

             
rs, walls and 

   
window sills..

.
             
   Tables and 

             
chairs worn by

  
 all of the du

st...
            
   This is a p

             
lace where I d

             
on't feel alon

 
e
            
   This is a p

             
lace where I f

              
eel at home...

(fingerpicking begins - crescendo through this if you want)
                        


[Chorus]

       
I built a home

             
  for you   fo

  
r me
        
Until it dis..

             
..appeared fro

             
m me        fr

   
om you        
             
And now, it's 

     
time to leave 

             
   and turn to

      (
 dust........

(back to strumming chords once)
              
               


[Verse]

             
Out in the gar

             
den where we p

    
lanted the see

ds
           
There is a tre

             
e as old as me
             
Branches were 

             
sewn by the co

 
lor of green
            
Ground had aro

            
se and passed 

        
it's knees
             
By the cracks 

             
of the skin I 

        
climbed to the

 top
            
I climbed the 

            
tree to see th

   
e world
             
When the gusts

             
 came around t

      
o blow me down
            
I held on as t

             
ightly as you 

          
held onto me
            
I held on as t

             
ightly as you 

         
held onto me..

....

(fingerpicking again - crescendo)
                        


[Chorus]

       
I built a home

             
  for you   fo

  
r me
        
Until it dis..

             
..appeared fro

             
m me        fr

   
om you        
             
And now, it's 

     
time to leave 

        
   and turn to

  
 dust........

(Big Pause)