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Song: Build
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death (1987)
Tabbed By: Alex Blackburne
You can either play this song with the chords I've used
or you can use a capo on the first fret with the following chords:
No Capo / Capo on 1st
F# / F
Ebm / Dm
Bbm / Am
B / Bb
C# / C
Intro
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (x 2)
Verse
F#Clambering Ebmmen in big bad bBbmoots
Dug uBp my den, dug up my roF#ots
Treated Ebmus like plasticine tBbmown
They buBilt us up and knocked us down
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B
Pre-Chorus
C#From meccano to leBgoland
C#Here they come with a bBrick in their hand
C#Men with heads filled uBp with sand
C#It's build
Chorus
It's buF#ild (a house where Ebmwe can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (add a new bit everyBday)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BF#uild (it's Build, a road for Ebmus to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (build us lots and lots and lBots and lots and lots)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B
Verse
F#Whistling mEbmen in yellow Bbmvans
They cBame and drew us diaF#grams
Showed us Ebmhow it all worked itBbm out
And wBrote it down in case of doubt
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B
Pre-Chorus
C#Slow, slow, quBick, quick, quick
C#Its wall to wall and bBrick to brick
C#They work so fast it mBakes you sick
C#Its build
Chorus
It's buF#ild (a house where Ebmwe can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (add a new bit everyBday)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BF#uild (it's Build, a road for Ebmus to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (build us lots and lots and lBots and lots and lots)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (x4)
It's Build (repeated)
Pre-Chorus
C#Down with sticks and Bup with bricks
C#In with boots and uBp with roots
C#Its in with suits and nBew recruits
C#Its build
Chorus
It's buF#ild (a house where Ebmwe can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (add a new bit everyBday)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BF#uild (it's Build, a road for Ebmus to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-BBbmuild (build us lots and lots and lBots and lots and lots)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build
(Repeat Chorus)
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (fade out)