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# (244322@1) / F (133211@1) Ebm (xx4342@1)/ Dm (xx0231@1) Bbm (x13321@1)/ Am (x02210@1) B (x2444x@1) / Bb (x1333x@1) C# (x43121@1) / C (x32010@1)Intro F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (x 2) Verse F# (244322@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) BbmClambering (x13321@1)men in big bad boots B (x2444x@1) F#Dug (244322@1)up my den, dug up my roots Ebm (xx4342@1) Bbm (x13321@1) Treated us like plasticine town B (x2444x@1) They built us up and knocked us down F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Pre-Chorus C# (x43121@1) BFrom (x2444x@1)meccano to legoland C# (x43121@1) BHere (x2444x@1)they come with a brick in their hand C# (x43121@1) BMen (x2444x@1)with heads filled up with sand C#It's (x43121@1)build Chorus F# (244322@1) EbmIt's (xx4342@1)build (a house where we can stay) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(add a new bit everyday) F# (244322@1) EbmBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (xx4342@1)(it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots) Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Verse F# (244322@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) BbmWhistling (x13321@1)men in yellow vans B (x2444x@1) F#They (244322@1)came and drew us diagrams Ebm (xx4342@1) BbmShowed (x13321@1)us how it all worked it out B (x2444x@1) And wrote it down in case of doubt F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Pre-Chorus C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1) Slow, slow, quick, quick, quick C# (x43121@1) BIts (x2444x@1)wall to wall and brick to brick C# (x43121@1) BThey (x2444x@1)work so fast it makes you sick C#Its (x43121@1)build Chorus F# (244322@1) EbmIt's (xx4342@1)build (a house where we can stay) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(add a new bit everyday) F# (244322@1) EbmBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (xx4342@1)(it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots) Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (x4) It's Build (repeated) Pre-Chorus C# (x43121@1) BDown (x2444x@1)with sticks and up with bricks C# (x43121@1) BIn (x2444x@1)with boots and up with roots C# (x43121@1) BIts (x2444x@1)in with suits and new recruits C#Its (x43121@1)build Chorus F# (244322@1) EbmIt's (xx4342@1)build (a house where we can stay) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(add a new bit everyday) F# (244322@1) EbmBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (xx4342@1)(it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm (x13321@1) BBa-ba-ba-ba-Build (x2444x@1)(build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots) Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (Repeat Chorus) F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (fade out)