Hadestown - Why We Build The Wall chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
Gm7Gm7 FF C/EC/E Gm7Gm7 x4

Hades:
G+G
Why do we build the wall
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children?
G minorGm
Why do we build the wall?

Company:
Gm9Gm9
Why do we build the wall?
  FF         C/EC/E
We build the wall to keep us free
    G minorGm
That's why we build the wall
       G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free

Hades:
G minorGm
How does the wall keep us free
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children?
G minorGm
How does the wall keep us free?

Company:
Gm9Gm9
How does the wall keep us free?
  FF         C/EC/E
The wall keeps out the enemy
    FF         C/EC/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
    G minorGm
That's why we build the wall
       G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free

Hades:
G minorGm
Who do we call the enemy
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children?
G minorGm
Who do we call the enemy?

Company:
G minorGm
Who do we call the enemy?
  FF    C/EC/E
The enemy is poverty
    FF         C/EC/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
    FF         C/EC/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
    G minorGm
That's why we build the wall
       G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free

Hades:
 G minorGm
Because we have and they have not
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children
G minorGm
Because they want what we have got

Company:
 G minorGm
Because we have and they have not
 FF          C/EC/E
Because they want what we have got
  FF    C/EC/E
The enemy is poverty
    FF         C/EC/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
    FF         C/EC/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
    G minorGm
That's why we build the wall
       G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free

Instrumental:
G minorGm FF C/EC/E G minorGm x2

Hades:
G minorGm
What do we have that they should want
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children?
G minorGm
What do we have that they should want?

Company and Eurydice:
G minorGm
What do we have that they should want?
FF       C/EC/E
We have a wall to work upon
FF        C/EC/E
We have work and they have none

Hades:
FF        C/EC/E
And our work is never done
FF     C/EC/E
My children, my children!
FF       C/EC/E
And the war is never won!

Hades and Company:
FF      C/EC/E
The enemy is poverty
    FF         C/EC/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
    FF         C/EC/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
    G minorGm
That's why we build the wall
        Bb majorBb  F/AF/A   G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free
        Bb majorBb  F/AF/A   G minorGm
We build the wall to keep us free