Chords
Build A House

Key: G

Introduction:

G    C    G    Am7  G  C  
G                                         C                 G  
Well, my face it doesn't show
                     Am                                                         Em                         C  
But the rest of me is listening through the walls
                                  D                                            C                                              Em  
Well, you're trying to show me how and I?m taking notes
                  G                                                         C                                         G      Am    Em  
But my hands and feet are stumbling through it all
C                            G                    C              G  
     Well, you said its simple son
          Am                                                                                 C  
Why don't you listen when I tell you how it's done
                     Bm                      G                              D              Em  
Well, I told and I told you I?m trying to
                     Am                                         C                                 G  
I'm not like the other brothers I can't build a house for you
          Em                      G                                            Em  
But I spend my days daydreaming away
                                     D  
The chance to make you proud
          Em                    G                                                 Em                                            D  
And I can't explain why it didn't matter then but it matters now
                Em      D              G  
And I know you've tried
                          Am                                                         G  
You still taught me more than you ever knew
          C                                            D                                            G      C  G    Am  G  C    D  
And someday soon I?ll build a house for you
                          G                      C                 G  
Well, you said come with me son
Am                                                         Em                 C  
We'll find every bird before the day is done
                                                  G                                                 D                                    Em  
You've worked your fingers to the bone you've gone so far
                Am                                      C                                         D  
While I have calloused fingers from the strings of this guitar
          Em                      G                                            Em  
And I spend my days daydreaming away
                                     D  
The chance to make you proud
          Em                    G                                                 Em                                            D  
And I can't explain why it didn't matter then but it matters now
                Em      D              G  
And I know you've tried
                          Am                                                         G  
You still taught me more than you ever knew
          C                                            D                                            Em      G    D    Am  
And someday soon I?ll build a house for you
Em                                                                    G  
     And I?ll build a house so tall
                                                          D  
Maybe I won't feel so small
          G                                      Am  
Yea I won't feel so small
Em                                                                         G  
     And I?ll build it just like yours
                                                          D  
It's you I?m building for
                                                          C  
It's you I?m building for
                Em                      G                                            Em  
Well, I spend my days daydreaming away
                                     D  
The chance to make you proud
          Am                      Em                      C                                                         G  
And I can't explain why I always seem to let you down
          Em                      G                                            Em  
And I spend my days daydreaming away
                                     D  
The chance to make you proud
          Em                    G                                                 Em                                            D  
And I can't explain why it didn't matter then but it matters now
                Em      D              G  
And I know you've tried
                     Am                                         G  
I still love you more you ever knew
          C                                              D                                            G      C  G      Am  G  C      D  G  
And maybe someday I'll build a house for you