These Walls chords by Kendrick Lamar

Song:        These Walls
Artist:      Kendrick Lamar
Album:       To Pimp A Butterfly



Really great jazz chords in this track! As with most jazz, the fingerings/voicings you use
make a big difference so here are my suggested voicings for the chords used:

Abmaj9      4x5343
Gm7         3x333x
Gm7/C       x3333x
Fmaj7       1x221x
Dbmaj7      x43111
C           x3201x
Db/F        14312x
Fmaj7(alt)  x8755x
Dm7         x5356x
Db6/9       x4334x
Dbmaj9      x4354x
Fm7         1x111x
Fm7#5       1x112x
Fmaj9       1x201x
Abmaj7      4x554x
Gm11/C      x3331x

I have put the chords in the right place lyric wise but have a listen to the song for the
rhythm as the same rhythm repeats throughout the whole song.


[INTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence
Sometimes, I did the same

Sound of a woman moaning
If these walls could talk (x6)
Sex

[PRECHORUS]
Abmaj9    Gm7
................

Gm7/C         Fmaj7             Dbmaj7
She just want to close her eyes and sway

     Gm7/C                   Abmaj9   Gm7
With you, With you, With you

Gm7/C       Fmaj7          Dbmaj7
Exercise her right to work it out

     Gm7/C      C              Db/F
It's true, it's true, it's true

Dbmaj7                              Fmaj7(alt) Dm7  Dbmaj9
Shout out to the birthday girls say hey, (heyyy)

         Db/F
say hey

   Dbmaj7                           Fmaj7(alt) Dm7  Db6/9
...Everyone deserves a night to play


And she plays only when you tell her no



[CHORUS]
Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

            Dbmaj7                    Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

                         Dbmaj7                        Gm7/C
(I love it when I'm in it... I love it when I'm in it)

[VERSE I]

      Abmaj9            Gm7
If these walls could talk they'd tell me to swim good

Gm7/C         Fmaj7                  Dbmaj7
No boat, I float better than he would

                                         Gm7/C
No life jacket, I'm not the God of Nazareth


But your flood can be misunderstood

Abmaj9         Gm7
Walls telling me they full of pain, resentment

Gm7/C                      Fmaj7                    Dbmaj7
Need someone to live in them just to relieve tension


Me? I'm just a tenant

           Gm7/C
Landlord said these walls vacant more than a minute

 Db/F                             Dbmaj7
These walls are vulnerable, exclamation


Interior pink, color coordinated

Fmaj7(alt)   Dm7             Dbmaj9
..I interrogated, every nook and cranny


I mean it's still amazing before they couldn?t stand me

Db/F
...These walls want to cry tears

Dbmaj7
...These walls happier when I'm here

Fmaj7(alt)     Dm7             Db6/9
...These walls never could hold up


Every time I come around demolition might crush


[CHORUS]

Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

            Dbmaj7                    Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

                         Dbmaj7                        Gm7/C
(I love it when I'm in it... I love it when I'm in it)

[VERSE II]

Abmaj9                  Gm7
If these walls could talk they'd tell me to go deep

  Gm7/C        Fmaj7
Yelling at me continuously, I can see

Dbmaj7                               Gm7/C
..Your defense mechanism is my decision


Knock these walls down, that?s my religion

Abmaj9              Gm7
Walls feeling like they ready to close in

Gm7/C         Fmaj7                    Dbmaj7
I suffocate, then catch my second wind


I resonate in these walls

           Gm7/C
I don't know how long I can wait in these walls

                   Db/F
I've been on these streets too long

        Dbmaj7
Looking at you from the outside in

              Fmaj7(alt)      Dm7
They sing the same old song

        Dbmaj9
About how they walls always the cleanest

         Db/F
I beg to differ, I must?ve missed them

         Dbmaj7
I'm not involved, I'd rather diss them

            Fmaj7(alt) Dm7               Db6/9
I'd rather call on you, put your wall up


Cause when I come around demolition gon? crush


[CHORUS]

Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

            Dbmaj7                    Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9       Gm7          Gm7/C    Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

                         Dbmaj7                        Gm7/C
(I love it when I'm in it... I love it when I'm in it)

[INTERLUDE]

Abmaj7  Gm7   Gm7/C   Fmaj7   Dbmaj7  Gm7/C

Abmaj7  Gm7   Gm7/C   Fmaj7   Dbmaj9  Gm11/C

{BRIDGE]

     Fm7
If your walls could talk, they'd tell you it's too late

Dbmaj9
Your destiny accepted your fate

Fmaj7(alt)        Dm7                    Dbmaj9
Burn accessories and stash them where they are


Take the recipe, the Bible and God

Fm7#5
Wall telling you that commissary is low

Dbmaj9
Race wars happening no calling CO

Fmaj7(alt)          Dm7
No calling your mother to save you

Db6/9
Homies to say you're reputable, not acceptable

                  Abmaj9        Gm7
Your behavior is Sammy Da Bull like

                       Gm7/C
A killer that turned snitch

       Fmaj9                Dbmaj9
Walls is telling me you a bitch

                                              Gm7/C
You pray for appeals hoping the warden would afford them


That sentence so important

Abmaj7               Gm7
Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"

 Gm7/C          Fmaj7                        Dbmaj9
Retaliation is strong, you even dream 'bout me

                                           Gm11/C
Killed my homeboy and God spared your life


Dumb criminal got indicted same night

  Abmaj7                    Gm11
So when you play this song, rewind the first verse

Gm7/C               Fmaj7                Dbmaj7
About me abusing my power so you can hurt

                                                 Gm11/C
About me and her in the shower whenever she horny


About me and her in the after hours of the morning

Abmaj7               Gm11
About her baby daddy currently serving life

    Gm11/C                   Fmaj7                   Dbmaj9
And how she think about you until we meet up at night

                                                          Gm11/C
About the only girl that cared about you when you asked her


And how she fucking on a famous rapper

            Fm7#5    Dbmaj9     Fmaj7(alt)  Dm7  Dbmaj9
Walls could talk

Fm7#5     Dbmaj9      Fmaj7(alt)  Dm7  Db6/9

[OUTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in a hotel room