Build The Housemartins
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 [Ebm]men in big bad b[Bbm]oots
Dug u[B]p my den, dug up my ro[F#]ots
Treated [Ebm]us like plasticine t[Bbm]own
They bu[B]ilt us up and knocked us down
[F#] [/] [Ebm] [/] [Bbm] [/] [B]
Pre-Chorus
[C#] [B]
[C#]Here they come with a b[B]rick in their hand
[C#]Men with heads filled u[B]p with sand
[C#]It's build
Chorus
It's bu[F#]ild (a house where [Ebm]we can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (add a new bit every[B]day)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[F#]uild (it's Build, a road for [Ebm]us to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (build us lots and lots and l[B]ots and lots and lots)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build
[F#] [/] [Ebm] [/] [Bbm] [/] [B]
Verse
[F#]Whistling m[Ebm]en in yellow [Bbm]vans
They c[B]ame and drew us dia[F#]grams
Showed us [Ebm]how it all worked it[Bbm] out
And w[B]rote it down in case of doubt
[F#] [/] [Ebm] [/] [Bbm] [/] [B]
Pre-Chorus
[C#]Slow, slow, qu[B]ick, quick, quick
[C#]Its wall to wall and b[B]rick to brick
[C#]They work so fast it m[B]akes you sick
[C#]Its build
Chorus
It's bu[F#]ild (a house where [Ebm]we can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (add a new bit every[B]day)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[F#]uild (it's Build, a road for [Ebm]us to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (build us lots and lots and l[B]ots 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 [B]up with bricks
[C#]In with boots and u[B]p with roots
[C#]Its in with suits and n[B]ew recruits
[C#]Its build
Chorus
It's bu[F#]ild (a house where [Ebm]we can stay)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (add a new bit every[B]day)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[F#]uild (it's Build, a road for [Ebm]us to cross)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-B[Bbm]uild (build us lots and lots and l[B]ots and lots and lots)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build
(Repeat Chorus)
F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (fade out)
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