Written by Regina Spektor
or as you like A pretty simple, easy to play version of "Buildings" D A E D A E He was a husband who drove his wife home drunk from the parties D A E D A E He was a husband who drove his wife home D A E D A E And in the car he would gently lean her head on the side door window D A E D A E And in the bathroom he would hold her hair back and hope, saying: D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A F#m E Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A E A Oh, they build buildings so tall these days D A E D A E And in the morning she'd wake up and crouch recollections all day D A E D A E But she would always always wake up the next morning D A E D A E And he'd take one look at her and say, oh, oh, it's okay D A E D A E And her conscience would issue yet another last warning, saying; D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A F#m E Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A E A Oh, they build buildings so tall these days F#m D And she would ask for time and she'd ask for time E A And she'd ask for time and she'd ask for time F#m D E A And she would beg for time and she'd beg for time and call it a gift F#m D And he would give her time and he'd give her time E A And he'd give her time and he'd give her time F#m D But time is not given and time is not taken E A It just sifts through its sieve F#m D But time is not given and time is not taken E A It just sifts through its sieve D A E D A E D A E D A E Sift through its sieve, just sift through its sieve D A E D A E D A E D A E Oh, darling......sift through its sieve....just sift through its sieve D A E And it would be coffee and coffee and coffee D A E And coffee and coffee and coffee some more D A E D A E He'd go to work and she'd take a sick day and rot at the core D A E And by the time he came back, she'd scrub the bathrooms D A E And make them smell like pine D A E It would be almost as if nothing had happened D A E D A E And he'd give her time, oh, oh, and he'd give her time, saying: D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A F#m E Oh, they build buildings, oh, don't they build buildings, D A D A Oh, they build buildings, oh, they build buildings, D A E A Oh, they build buildings so tall these days F#m D And she would ask for time and she'd ask for time E A And she'd ask for time and she'd beg for time F#m D E A And she would beg for time and she'd beg for time and call it a gift F#m D And he would give her time and he'd give her time E A And he'd give her time and he'd give her time F#m D But time is not given and time is not taken E A It just sifts through its sieve F#m D But time is not given and time is not taken E A It just sifts through its sieve D A E D A E D A E D A E Oh, sift through its sieve, sift through its sieve D A E D A E D A E D A E Oh, ooh..........sift through its sieve....sift through its sieve D A E D A E He was a husband who drove, time, home, time, car, hope D A E D A E Core, cores a day, pour coffee, core warning, last warning D A E D A Was a husband, time, pine, scrub, scrub, bathroom, clean, E D A E Hair, bath, car, window, hope, time, gift D A E Don't they build buildings tall these days...