Hadestown - Why We Build The Wall chords by Soundtracks

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Gm7 F C/E Gm7 x4

Hades:
G
Why do we build the wall
F          C/E
My children, my children?
Gm
Why do we build the wall?

Company:
Gm9
Why do we build the wall?
   F                 C/E
We build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

Hades:
Gm
How does the wall keep us free
F          C/E
My children, my children?
Gm
How does the wall keep us free?

Company:
Gm9
How does the wall keep us free?
    F                  C/E
The wall keeps out the enemy
       F                 C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

Hades:
Gm
Who do we call the enemy
F          C/E
My children, my children?
Gm
Who do we call the enemy?

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

Hades:
  Gm
Because we have and they have not
F          C/E
My children, my children
Gm
Because they want what we have got

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

Instrumental:
Gm F C/E Gm x2

Hades:
Gm
What do we have that they should want
F          C/E
My children, my children?
Gm
What do we have that they should want?

Company and Eurydice:
Gm
What do we have that they should want?
F             C/E
We have a wall to work upon
F                C/E
We have work and they have none

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

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