Em7           Am     Gsus4   
Fmaj7           Dm7     G   
Am7        D  Am7        Dsus4
Am7        D  Am7         

[Verse]
Am7                  D  Am7                           
Hang me  for a sucker     on the plains out of Narra-bri
Am7                            D   Am7                          Dsus4
Swingin' a hoe in a CAL-cotton row sweatin' on the danger to me
Am7                     D  Am7                              
Bossman's  Mister Tucker     he's a man I don't care to de-fy and
Am             Gsus4       
His only child wicked and wild is
D9               G       
Seeking my compa-ny she says she's gonna

[Chorus]
C        G          Am      C
Build me up just to tear me down yeah
F       C          F      G
Slap my knee bones to the ground
C          G              Am   C
Me and all mine are gonna be a-round when
Dm       C            G        G     Gsus4   
Tucker's daughter's a memory

[Verse]
Am7                 D  Am7                                     
Hot sun  is a killer     she'll be waitin' down the end of my line
Am7                                D          Am7                      Dsus4
Taking the shade with a cool lemon-ade sayin' boy I wanna talk-a to you
Am7                     D  Am7                                  
Bossman's  only daughter     she ain't his and she'll never be mine
Am                   Gsus4      
Never been down on a dollar or two or
D9                    C  G
Told what she's gonna do yeah she's gonna

[Chorus]
C        G          Am      C
Build me up just to tear me down woah
F       C          F      G
Slap my knee bones to the ground
C      G              Am   C
Me and mine are gonna be a-round when
Dm       C            G      
Tucker's daughter's a memory
C        G  Am      C
Build me up tear me down
F  C  Fmaj7  G

C       G              Am       C
I won't kneel 'til the trumpets sound and
Dm       C            G      
Tucker's daughter's a memory

[Bridge]
Em7                            Am7              Gsus4   
People born with all they need they don't under-stand
Fmaj7                                 Dm7              Am  E
Every- thing you want don't come from holding out your hand
Em7                                 Am7              Gsus4   
Tucker's daughter thinks she sees a slave at her com-mand
Fmaj7                          
I know you need some time yet baby but the
Dm7              G       
Time ain't right babe I just ain't your

[Solo]
Am7        D  Am7         
Man
Am7        D  Am7         
Am7        D  Am7         
Am     Gsus4     D9     C  G
                           yeah she's gonna

[Chorus]
C        G          Am      C
Build me up just to tear me down woah
F       C          F      G
Slap my knee bones to the ground
C      G              Am   C
Me and mine are gonna be a-round when
Dm       C            G      
Tucker's daughter's a memory  she wanna
C        G          Am      C
Build me up just to tear me down
F  C  Fmaj7  G   
                baby come on
C       G              Am       C
I won't kneel 'til the trumpets sound
Dm       C            G      
Tucker's daughter's a memory  she wanna