Built My Home On Hollow Ground

[Chorus]
C                       G
Built my home on hollow ground
C                         F
Too proud to grow from my roots
        C
I got a few friends and I wish they were
F
mine
Dm        C                     F
Can’t get close, till I bide my time
 
[Verse 1]
          C
There’s a closet for the pretty ones (ooh)
     F       C
They have no eyes but they’re a hell of a
G
sight
G                        C
Get too close and you’ll find a bridge between you
F           G                   C
Cross it to find your synthetic light
 
[Chorus]
C                       G
Built my home on hollow ground
C                         F
Too proud to grow from my roots
        C
I got a few friends and I wish they were
F
mine
Dm        C                     F
Can’t get close, till I bide my time
 
[Verse 2]
          C
There’s a man who lives in your favorite
G
watch
   C                              G
He rides the second hand until he slips
   F        C             F       C
He holds on tight, but no fail he falls at
F                   G
twelve and lands on six (phew)
 
[Chorus]
C                       G
Built my home on hollow ground
C                         F
Too proud to grow from my roots
        C
I got a few friends and I wish they were
F
mine
Dm        C                     F
Can’t get close, till I bide my time
 
[Verse 3]
          C          G
There’s a school for trolls (a school for trolls)
     F                                E
That teaches them how to make a human cry (a human cry)
F                      G           F
Tell them that they’re lovely then say (lovely, say)
           C G
You always lie
 
[Chorus]
C                       G
Built my home on hollow ground
C                         F
Too proud to grow from my roots
        C
I got a few friends and I wish they were
F
mine
Dm        C                     F
Can’t get close, till I bide my time
 
[Outro]
     Dm        C
No I can’t get close
               F
Till I bide my time