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Brick By Brick

Arctic Monkeys

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
G
A×
BDiagram coming soon
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: E G E  (x2) 
 
               E  G 
I wanna build you up 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
               E   G 
I wanna break you down 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
              E   G 
I'm gonna reconstruct 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
               E   G 
I wanna feel your love 
 
 
            A  G   E         A  G  E 
Brick by bri____________ick  ooooooooh    (x2) 
 
E G (x2) 
 
 
Solo 1: E G E (x4) 
 
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E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--12--------------------------15b17--15b17-12-------------------------------| 
G|--14b15-14b16---14b16p12---12---------------------14p12h14--14b16p12--------| 
D|------------------------14----------------------14-------------------14-12--| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
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E|-------------------| 
B|---------12--------| 
G|-----12-----12-----| 
D|--14-----------14--| 
A|-------------------| 
E|-------------------| 
 
 
 
                E   G 
I wanna steal your soul 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
             E    G 
I wanna rock and roll 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
             E    G 
I wanna rock and roll 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
             E    G 
I wanna rock and roll 
 
 
           A  G   E         A  G  E 
Brick by bri____________ick  ooooooooh    (x2) 
 
 
Solo 2: E G E (x4) 
 
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E|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------| 
B|-----------------------|--15b17r15--12--------|-------------------| 
G|--9-9~-----------------|---------------13-12--|-------------------| 
D|-------7~--------------|----------------------|-----7b9r7---------| 
A|----------5b7r5b7r5b7--|----------------------|-----------5b7r5~--| 
E|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------| 
 
 
               E   G 
I wanna brick by brick 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
              E   G 
I wanna blow by blow 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
            E G 
I want an episode 
            E 
(Brick by brick) 
               E   G 
I wanna brick by brick, by brick, by... 
 
           A  G   E          A  G  E 
Brick by bri____________ick  ooooooooh    (x4) 
 
E G (x4) E G 
 
 
 
** Riff do refrão ** 
 
 
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E|--------------------------------------| 
B|--------10-10-------10-10-------------| 
G|--12-12-------12-12-------12-9-9-9-9--| 
D|--------------------------------------|  (x4) 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 
 
 
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E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--10---------------10-------------10------12-11-10-9-7-6-5---| 
G|-----12-9-9-9-9-------12-9-9-9-9-----------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
          
 

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Chord set

E · G · A · B · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.