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Beginner
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
Em
Verse:
Em G
Without consideration, without pity, without shame
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Em G
Inside these walls I sit with my despair, in my pain
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Pre-Chorus:
G Bm A Em
Oh, I can think of nothing else this fate it eats my mind away
G Bm A Em
Once I had a life to live but they built walls to close me in
Chorus:
B C Em
They built walls around me (walls around me)
B C Em
They built walls around me (walls around me)
B C
They built walls around me
Em
They took my life away (took my life away) they took my life away (took my life away)
Break:
Em
Verse:
Em G
The guards hold keys to all the doors discarded trash on cold hard floors
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Em G
The steel bars lock away the world inside I am a prisoner
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Pre-Chorus:
G Bm A Em
Oh, how could I not have seen the walls they build up around me
G Bm A Em
How could I not have heard the builders close away the world
Chorus:
B C Em
They built walls around me (walls around me)
B C Em
They built walls around me (walls around me)
B C Em
They built walls around me (walls around me)
B C
They built walls around me
Em
That took my life away (took my life awawy) took my life away (took my life away)
Bridge:
Em Am D C B D Em
Verse:
Em G
Without consideration, without pity, without shame
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Em G
Inside these walls I sit with my despair, in my pain
B C Em
They built walls around me they took my life away (took my life away)
Em
Took my life away (took my life away) took my life away (took my life away)
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Published: April 3, 2026
Last Updated: April 3, 2026