INTRO: D G A D 


[Verso 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. 


[Refrão]

        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. 


[Verso 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. 


[Refrão]

        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. 


[Verso 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. 


[Refrão]

        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.