Paolo Nutini - Numpty

      Capo 1
Chords: G, C and D

Intro: G

C     D
La La
G
La La

G
Building a house so we can fall at the first brick
G                                          C
If the cement don't stick, but I've been told
         D                     G
That it only gets harder from there.


G
I said now that I'm young I just do what I do
G
I don't second guess too much
G
Shake my ties and I'm not that wise
G
I'm not a grown up as such
C
All of the talk about a ring and a baby
C
Gets me every time
      D
Am I big enough, strong enough
D
To walk along your life


G
Building a house so we can fall at the first brick
G                                          C
If the cement don't stick, but I've been told
         D                     G
That it only gets harder from there.


G
You say I'm always on the hustle
G
That I don't know just how good I get it
G
And that there's plenty of men out there with money and muscle
G
Look at these hips and baby don't you forget them
          C
But the curls will go, the money we'll spend
C
What we're left with in the end
          D
oh she's wandering happy, she's taking here claim
D
I said who's that bitch with my second name


G
Building a house so we can fall at the first brick
G                                          C
If the cement don't stick, but I've been told
         D                      G
That it only gets harder from there.


            C
Yeah baby, truth be told 
                             G
I'm only trying to keep our heads above the water
C
Responsibility eternal monogamy
D                                         G   
I'm not a father child, are you a mother are you
G
Oh my pride and joy 
     C       D                       G          
Yeah you,      you are my pride and joy


G
Building a house so we can fall at the first brick
G                                          C
If the cement don't stick, but I've been told
         D                      G
That it only gets harder from there.

By Emily Lanning