Build chords by The Housemartins
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Intro 1
(F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
(F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
Verse 1
(F sharp major) Clambering men (D sharp minor) in big bad boots (A sharp minor)
Dug (B major) up my den, dug up my roots (F sharp major)
Treated us (D sharp minor) like plasticine town (A sharp minor)
They (B major) built us up and knocked us down (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
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Pre-chorus 1
(C sharp major) From Meccano to (B major) Legoland
(C sharp major) Here they come with a (B major) brick in their hand
(C sharp major) Men with heads filled (B major) up with sand
It's build... (C sharp major)
Chorus 1
It's build (F sharp major) a house where we (D sharp minor) can stay,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Add a new bit every day, (B major) eh, eh, eh
It's build (F sharp major) a road for us (D sharp minor) to cross,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Build us lots and lots and
(B major) lots and lots and lots (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
Verse 2
(F sharp major) Whistling men (D sharp minor) in yellow vans (A sharp minor)
They (B major) came and drew us diagrams (F sharp major)
Showed us how (D sharp minor) it all worked out (A sharp minor)
And (B major) wrote it down in case of doubt (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
Pre-chorus 2
(C sharp major) Slow, slow and (B major) quick, quick, quick
(C sharp major) It's wall-to-wall and (B major) brick-to-brick
(C sharp major) They work so fast, it (B major) makes you sick
It's build... (C sharp major)
Chorus 2
It's build (F sharp major) a house where we (D sharp minor) can stay,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Add a new bit every day, (B major) eh, eh, eh
It's build (F sharp major) a road for us (D sharp minor) to cross,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Build us lots and lots and
(B major) lots and lots and lots (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) Oh, it's build... (A sharp minor) (B major)
Interlude 1
It's (F sharp major) build... (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
It's (F sharp major) build... (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
(F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
Pre-chorus 3
(C sharp major) Down with sticks and (B major) up with bricks
(C sharp major) In with boots and (B major) up with roots
(C sharp major) It's in with suits and (B major) new recruits
It's build... (C sharp major)
Chorus 3
It's build (F sharp major) a house where we (D sharp minor) can stay,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Add a new bit every day, (B major) eh, eh, eh
It's build (F sharp major) a road for us (D sharp minor) to cross,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Build us lots and lots and
(B major) lots and lots
It's build, (F sharp major) a house where we (D sharp minor) can stay,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Add a new bit every day, (B major) eh, eh, eh
It's build (F sharp major) a road for us (D sharp minor) to cross,
(...ba-ba- build) (A sharp minor)
Build us lots and lots and
(B major) lots and lots and
Outro 1
(lots) (F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
(F sharp major) (D sharp minor) (A sharp minor) (B major)
[Repeat and fade]
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