Key: G
Introduction:
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When I was a baby we had no home
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And we weren't the only family we were not alone
G D
Daddy built a shelter from the wind and rain
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Through the years I've been building this home
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Gonna build it solid gonna build it strong
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Gonna build it myself I'm an independent man
So I'm singing now
G
Little by little and stone by stone
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Gonna build this building on my own
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And nobody can say this is mine but me
G
Little by little and stone by stone
C
Gonna build this building on my own
G D G C G
And nobody can say this is mine but me
When I was a young man I drifted around
G C G
Ain't nobody gonna tear this building down
G C D
Ain't nobody gonna tear this building down
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Cos it's built inside of me
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Where nobody else can see
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Ain't nobody gonna tear this building down
Well we had some trouble and we had some strife