Foundations

	  		
Intro 

G    D    Em    F  C  (x2) 


G                D             Em 
Build your dream castle out of sand  
     F            C         G      
It's bound to get washed up anyway 
           D                  Em    
Dream your dreams out of last week 
        F             C       G  
They're bound to have come up yesterday  


       C                 D 
If you want to give them flowers  
          C              D 
Make them paper ones you send  
C                D 
Live your life a jigsaw  
        C           G           Am 
It goes back in the box, in the end  


G                D                Em 
Build your dream heart from plasticine  
              F     C        G 
'Cause you're putty in their hands  
             D            Em 
Mould your ambition in concrete  
              F    C       G 
'Cause you'll only land in quicksand  


C                     D 
Carve your dough from play-dough  
               C               D 
'Cause they'll roll you into a ball  
C                      D 
Make your friends from Lego  
       C  G         Am 
'Cause Lego makes a wall  


       G 
'Cause when you build big houses  
    C 
The paintings get stolen  
    G 
The devil says he's silver  
         C 
When you know that he is golden  
                                                 Em 
When papier mâché heads make more sense than the sun  
c                                              Em 
Giving teacher apples could be fun or could be dumb  


Instrumental 

G    D    Em    F  C 
G    D    Em    F  C  G 

C                      D 
Build your planes from Airfix  
              C             D  
'Cause you'll only lose the war  
           C                    D 
Write your love letters on rice paper  
   C   G                 Am 
At least you'll feed the poor  


G                D             Em 
Build your dream castle out of sand  
     F            C         G 
It's bound to get washed up anyway  
           D                  Em 
Dream your dreams out of last week  
        F             C       G 
They're bound to have come up yesterday 
        F             C       G 
They're bound to have come up yesterday 


Outro 

F    C    G