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INTRO: D G A D
Verse 1:
D N.C.
D G
My love how you struggle to earn a fair crust,
G Em G A A
To a-shower me with trinkets, please don?t feel you must,
Em F#m G A
I was raised on my father?s fortune, but his love I never knew,
D G A D D
And money cannot buy the things I?m learnin? from you.
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
D D/C# Bm A
Furnish with kindness abundantly,
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
G Em A D D D D
A woman of riches forever I?ll be.
Verse 2:
D N.C.
D G
And men have come calling from far and from wide,
G Em G A A
To see if I?d make them a suitable bride,
Em F#m G A
They have told me of their titles, all the property they own,
D G A D D
But you, with your modest means, with you I?ll make my home.
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
D D/C# Bm A
Furnish with kindness abundantly,
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
G Em A D D D D
A woman of riches forever I?ll be.
Verse 3:
D N.C.
D G
Don?t misunderstand me, I?m all too aware,
G Em G A A
That poverty leads us to shame and despair,
Em F#m G A
I was raised on exploitation, on money, power and greed,
D G A D D
My wish for us is just enough, just enough is all we need.
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
D D/C# Bm A
Furnish with kindness abundantly,
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
G Em A D D
A woman of riches forever I?ll be.
D D G D G
Build a mansion, build a mansion in your heart for me,
G Em A D D
A woman of riches forever I?ll be.