Tom: Am
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
