Build Chords by The Housemartins

Tempo:
107.85 bpm
Chords used:

B

Gb

Bbm

Ebm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Housemartins - Build chords
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Key:
B
12341112
Gb
134211112
Bbm
13421111
Ebm
13421116
Db
12341114
B
12341112
Gb
134211112
Bbm
13421111
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To learn The Housemartins - Build chords with lyrics, focus on the sequence of these chords: Bbm, B, F#, Ebm, Bbm. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 53 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 108. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of F#.

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[Gb] [Ebm] .
[Bbm] [B] .
[Gb] [Ebm] .
[Bbm] [B] .
[Gb] [Ebm] Clambering men in big, [Bbm] black boots.
[B] Dug up my dam, dug up [Gb] my roots.
[Ebm] Treating us like plasticine [Bbm] town.
[B] They built us up and [Gb] knocked us down.
[Ebm] From .
[Bbm] [B] .
[Db] McConnell [B] to Legoland.
[Db] Here they come [B] with a brick and a hammer.
[Db] Men with heads [B] filled up with sand.
[Db] It's Bell, [Gb] it's Bell.
Build a house where [Ebm] we can stay.
[Bbm] They move it every [B] day.
[Gb] Build a road for [Ebm] us to cross.
[Bbm] It's Bell, it's [B] Bell .
[Gb] [Ebm] Whistling [Bbm] [B] .
[Gb] [Ebm] men in yellow [Bbm] vans.
[B] They came and drew us [Gb] diagrams.
Showed [Ebm] us how it all [Bbm] worked out.
[B] We wrote it down in [Gb] case of doubt.
[Ebm] .
[Bbm] [B] .
[Db] Slow, [B] slow, quick, quick, quick.
[Db] It's wall to [B] wall and brick to brick.
[Db] They work so [B] fast it makes you sick.
[Db] It's Bell, [Gb] it's Bell.
Build a house [Ebm] where we can stay.
[Bbm] They move it every [B] day .
[Gb] It's Bell, a road [Ebm] for us to [Bbm] cross.
Build as much, and [B] lots, and lots, and lots.
[Gb] As I can so.
[Ebm] Oh, [Bbm] Bell.
[B] .
[Gb] It's [Eb] .
[Bbm] Bell, [B] .
[Gb] it's [Ebm] Bell.
Oh, oh, [Bbm] [B] .
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Gb] [Ebm] oh .
[Bbm] [B] .
[Db] Down with stakes and [B] upwind .
[Db] In with boats and [B] upwind .
[Db] It's in with suits [B] and new recruits.
[Db] It's Bell, [Gb] it's Bell.
Build a house where [Ebm] we can stay.
[Bbm] They move it every [B] day .
[Gb] It's Bell, a road for [Ebm] us to cross.
[Bbm] .
Build as much, [B] and lots, and lots, and lots.
[Gb] It's Bell, a house [Ebm] where we can stay.
[Bbm].
They move it every [B] day.
[Gb] It's Bell, a road for [Ebm] us to cross.
[Bbm] It's Bell, a road for us [B] to cross.
[Gb] .
[B] [Gb] .
[Ebm] [Bbm] .
[B] [Gb] .
[Ebm] [Bbm] .
[B] [Gb] .

Facts about this song

This song was penned by Paul Heaton and Stan Cullimore.

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