Why We Build The Wall Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Gm
Capo:	no capo

Author jdomingo827 [a] 174. Last edit on Apr 23, 2020

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[Intro]
Gm  F C   Gm Bb Am Gm (x4)
 
[Hades Verse 1]
Gm
Why do we build the wall,
F                 C
My children, my children?
Gm                      Bb Am Gm
Why do we build the wall?
 
 
[All Together Verse 1]
Gm
Why do we build the wall?
   F                 C
We build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That’s why we build the wall
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
 
 
[Hades Verse 2]
Gm
How does the wall keep us free,
F                 C
My children, my children?
Gm                            Bb Am Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
 
 
[All Together Verse 2]
Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
   F                 C
The wall keeps out the enemy
        F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That’s why we build the wall
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
 
 
[Hades Verse 3]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy,
F                 C
My children, my children?
Gm                       Bb Am Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
 
 
[All Together Verse 3]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
F            C
The enemy is poverty
F                           C
And the wall keeps out the enemy
       F                  C
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That’s why we build the wall
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
 
 
[Hades Verse 4]
 Gm
Because we have and they have not,
F                 C
My children, my children?
 Gm                              Bb Am Gm
Because they want what we have got
 
 
[All Together Verse 4]
Gm
Because we have and they have not
F                     C
Because they want what we have got
F            C
The enemy is poverty
F                 C
And the wall keeps out the enemy
        F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That’s why we build the wall
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
 
 
[Solo]
Gm  F C   Gm Bb Am Gm (x2)
 
 
[Hades Verse 5]
Gm
What do we have that they should want,
F                 C
My children, my children?
Gm                                  Bb Am Gm
What do we have that they should want?
 
 
[All Together Verse 5]
Gm
What do we have that they should want?
F                 C
We have a wall to work upon
F                 C
We have work and they have none
 
[Hades]
F                 C
And our work is never done
F                 C
My children, my children
F                 C
And the war is never won
 
[All Together]
F                 C
The enemy is poverty
F                 C
And the wall keeps out the enemy
F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free
[Hades]
       Gm
That’s why we build the wall
 
[All Together]
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
 
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
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