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