Franz Ferdinand – Build It Up (Guitar)

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From the album "The Human Fear" (2025) Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4GUpfFkVZ16WGcdQxtEVzU?si=f66cd8f281c14a65 [Intro] | Am Dm | Am Dm | [Verse 1]
Am          Dm
 How can we talk

F          E
 About our differences

Am             Dm
 When we don't talk

F              E
 Don't talk at all?

Am       Dm
 It seems so critical

F        E             Am
 To speak less critically

         Dm
I see no truth as mythical

F   E
 No vast unbridgeable
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
 Give me strength to overcome

F
 Give me strength, I'm not gonna run

E
 Build it up

E
 Build it up
[Chorus]
Am
 You gotta, you gotta

E          Am
Give some, take some

E                    Am
Fix it up, you gotta break some

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta share

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there
[Post-Chorus] | Am G | C E | | Am G | C E | [Verse 2]
Am          G
 How can we talk

C          E
 About our differences

Am             G
 When we don't talk

C              E
 Don't talk at all?

Am            G           C            E
Listen to the echo of the anger of our silences

  Am      G     F               E
Or to the sound of each other's heart
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
 Give me strength to overcome

F
 Give me strength, I'm not gonna run

E
 Build it up

E
 Build it up
[Chorus]
Am
 You gotta, you gotta

E          Am
Give some, take some

E                    Am
Fix it up, you gotta break some

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta share

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there

          E          Am
You gotta give some, shake some

E                    Am
Pull it all down but hate none

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta care

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there
[Bridge]
Am
 I can build it up

F
 If you want to build it up

Dm
 We can build it up if

E
 You want to build it up with me

F
 Come on and build it up

G
 Come on and build it up with me
[Instrumental] | Am | Am | Am | Am | Adim | Adim | [Chorus]
          E          Am
You gotta give some, take some

E                  Am
Fix it up and then break some

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta share

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there

          E          Am
You gotta give some, shake some

E                    Am
Pull it all down but hate none

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta care

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there

          E                 Am
You gotta bring some, shake some

E                    Am
Fix it up, you gotta break some

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta share

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there

         E         Am
Come on, bring some

E                    Am
Pull it all down but hate none

          E                 Am
You gotta open up, you gotta care

E                        Am
Build it up if nothing's there