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# Ebm Bbm Clambering men in big bad boots B F# Dug up my den, dug up my roots Ebm Bbm Treated us like plasticine town B They built us up and knocked us down F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Pre-Chorus C# B From meccano to legoland C# B Here they come with a brick in their hand C# B Men with heads filled up with sand C# It's build Chorus F# Ebm It's build (a house where we can stay) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (add a new bit everyday) F# Ebm Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots) Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Verse F# Ebm Bbm Whistling men in yellow vans B F# They came and drew us diagrams Ebm Bbm Showed us how it all worked it out B And wrote it down in case of doubt F# / Ebm / Bbm / B Pre-Chorus C# B Slow, slow, quick, quick, quick C# B Its wall to wall and brick to brick C# B They work so fast it makes you sick C# Its build Chorus F# Ebm It's build (a house where we can stay) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (add a new bit everyday) F# Ebm Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (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# B Down with sticks and up with bricks C# B In with boots and up with roots C# B Its in with suits and new recruits C# Its build Chorus F# Ebm It's build (a house where we can stay) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (add a new bit everyday) F# Ebm Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (it's Build, a road for us to cross) Bbm B Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (build us lots and lots and lots and lots and lots) Ba-ba-ba-ba-Build (Repeat Chorus) F# / Ebm / Bbm / B (fade out)