Hey! Huh!

Verse 1
Standing on a street in town,
I watched them tear a building down.
Men with a dan gerous job to do,
Working on the wrecking crew. [Huh!]

Verse 2
"Step back, now!" I heard them yell.
Swung a beam & a tower fell.
Crumbling walls & crashing sounds
Fifteen stories tumbled down.

Bridge
I asked the boss, "Does this job take skill,
[Ooh, does this job take skill?]
Like the kind you need when you wanna build?"
[Ooh, when you wanna build?]
He said to me, "Oh no, indeed.
Unskilled labor is all I need.
They can tear down in just one day
What it takes a year to build."

[Hey!]
[Huh!]
[Hey! Build it up,
Don’t tear it down!]

Verse 3
I turned around, and before my eyes,
Working on a new high rise,
Were carpenters and engineers
Who’d made construction their career.

Verse 4
Concentration on each face,
They slowly welded beams in place,
Making concrete, steel, and glass
Become a building made to last.

Bridge
The foreman told me as I walked away,
[Ooh, walked away]
"Be careful how you treat people everyday;
[Ooh, every day]
Be the kind of man who gives them love,
Helps them out, and lifts them up.
'Cause any fool can go around
Tearing others down."

Verse 5
Take your choice, it’s up to you:
Construction team, or wrecking crew. [Build it up!]
Are you gonna go around [Huh!]
Satisfied just tearing down?

Verse 6
I’d take construction, if I were you.
It’s the better thing to do. [Build it up!]
Help the people you’re around;
Build them up, don’t tear them down. [Hey!]

Help the people you’re around;
Build them up, don’t tear them down.

"CONSTRUCTION CREW" (with chords)

Capo: 2nd fret

Intro: (D)-(A)-(D)-(A)(D)-(A) [4 times]

Hey! Huh!

Verse 1
(D)Stand(A)ing (D)on (A)a (D)street in (A)town,
I (D)watched (A)them (D)tear (A)a (D)building (A)down.
(D)Men (A)with a (D)dan (A)gerous (D)job to (A)do,
(D)Work(A)ing (D)on (A)the (D)wrecking (A)crew. [Huh!]

Verse 2
(D)"Step (A)back, (D)now!" (A)I (D)heard them (A)yell.
(D)Swung (A)a (D)beam (A)& a (D)tower (A)fell.
(D)Crumb(A)ling (D)walls (A)& (D)crashing (A)sounds--
(D)Fif(A)teen (D)sto(A)ries (D)tumbled (A)down.

Bridge
(Bm)I asked the boss, "Does this job take (A)skill,
[Ooh, does this (D)job take (A)skill?]
(Bm)Like the kind you need when you wanna (A)build?"
[Ooh, when you (D)wanna (A)build?]
(Bm)He said to me, "Oh no, in(D)deed.
Unskilled labor is all I (A)need.
They can tear down in (D)just one day
What it takes a year to (A)build."

(D)-(A)-(D)-(A)[Hey!](D)-(A)
(D)-(A)-(D)-(A)[Huh!](D)-(A)
[Hey! Build it up,
Don’t tear it down!]

Verse 3
I (D)turned (A)a(D)round, (A)and be(D)fore my (A)eyes,
(D)Work(A)ing (D)on (A)a (D)new high (A)rise,
Were (D)car(A)pen(D)ters (A)and (D)engin(A)eers
Who’d (D)made (A)con(D)struc(A)tion (D)their ca(A)reer.

Verse 4
(D)Con(A)cen(D)tra(A)tion (D)on each (A)face,
They (D)slow(A)ly (D)weld(A)ed (D)beams in (A)place,
(D)Mak(A)ing (D)con(A)crete, (D)steel, and (A)glass
Be(D)come (A)a (D)build(A)ing (D)made to (A)last.

Bridge
(Bm)The foreman told me as I walked a(A)way,
[Ooh, (D)walked a(A)way]
(Bm)"Be careful how you treat people (A)everyday;
[Ooh, (D)every (A)day]
(Bm)Be the kind of man who gives them (D)love,
Helps them out, and lifts them (A)up.
'Cause any fool can (D)go around
Tearing others (A)down."

Verse 5
(D)Take (A)your (D)choice, (A)it’s (D)up to (A)you:
Con(D)struc(A)tion (D)team, (A)or (D)wrecking (A)crew. [Build it up!]
(D)Are (A)you (D)gon(A)na (D)go a(A)round [Huh!]
(D)Sat(A)is(D)fied (A)just (D)tearing (A)down?

Verse 6
I’d (D)take (A)con(D)struc(A)tion, if (D)I were (A)you.
(D)It’s (A)the (D)bet(A)ter (D)thing to (A)do. [Build it up!]
(D)Help (A)the (D)peo(A)ple (D)you’re a(A)round;
(D)Build (A)them (D)up, (A)don’t (D)tear them (A)down. [Hey!]

(D)Help (A)the (D)peo(A)ple (D)you’re a(A)round;
(D)Build (A)them (D)up, (A)don’t (D)tear them (A)down.