C   Am   G   Am   G

[Verse 1]
   C             Am                F        C    C
He comes in each evening where the music is loud
                Am         F             G     G
And keeps to himself  in a blue collared crowd
   F                 Am        F
He once had a future he had it all
          C              Am         G           Am   G
Built his world around a woman  but now he will fall

[Verse 2]
     C          Am           F          C     C
They say he was married to a Birmingham dream
               Am       F         G     G
He built her a mansion  fit for a queen
    F                               Am            F    F
But she upped and left him for some fool from St. Paul
    C             Am           G             C     C
She tore down his mansion  and left him with walls

[Chorus]
     F
Ever since she's been gone
                                      C     C
He's fenced back in stones around his heart
       F                              D               D7
And he won't tear them down while her memory's still around
           G           Dm7         G    G
So he just sits there alone in the dark

[Solo]
|  C  | Am |  F  |  C  |

|  C  | Am |  G  |  C  |  C

[Chorus]
     F
Ever since she's been gone
                                      C     C
He's fenced back in stones around his heart
       F                              D               D7
And he won't tear them down while her memory's still around
           G           Dm7         G    G
So he just sits there alone in the dark

[Verse 3]
   C             Am                F        C    G
He comes in each evening where the music is loud
    C           Am         F             G     G
And keeps to himself  in a blue collared crowd
   F                     Am        F   F
He once had a future, oh he had it all
          C              Am         G              C    C
Built his world around a woman  but now he built a wall