Why We Build The Wall chords by Anais Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

Difficulty: Novice

"Why We Build The Wall" Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell)

Capo: wherever’s comfortable for your voice; Billy usually has it on 3

Drop G: DADCmbe

Dsus2Dsus2 : 0xx32x
C minorCm  : x3x01x
G+G   : x2x03x

FF E MajorE D MajorD
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-3-2-0

Intro:
Dsus2Dsus2 C minorCm G+G Dsus2Dsus2 C minorCm G+G Dsus2Dsus2

Verse 1:
Dsus2Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
Dsus2Dsus2             FF E MajorE D MajorD
Why do we build the wall?
Dsus2Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?
C minorCm          G+G
We build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall, to keep us free

Verse 2:
Dsus2Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
Dsus2Dsus2                FF E MajorE D MajorD
How does the wall keep us free?
Dsus2Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?
C minorCm         G+G
The wall keeps out the enemy
C minorCm            G+G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 3:
Dsus2Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
Dsus2Dsus2             FF E MajorE D MajorD
Who do we call the enemy?
Dsus2Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?
C minorCm      G+G
The enemy is poverty
C minorCm           G+G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
C minorCm            G+G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 4:
Dsus2Dsus2
Because we have and they have not
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
Dsus2Dsus2                 FF E MajorE D MajorD
Because they want what we have got
Dsus2Dsus2
Because we have and they have not
C minorCm      G+G
The enemy is poverty
C minorCm           G+G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
C minorCm            G+G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 5:
Dsus2Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
Dsus2Dsus2                   FF E MajorE D MajorD
What do we have that they should want?
Dsus2Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?
C minorCm         G+G
We have a wall to work upon
C minorCm        G+G
We have work and they have none
C minorCm        G+G
And our work is never done
C minorCm      G+G
My children, my children
C minorCm       G+G
And the war is never won
C minorCm      G+G
The enemy is poverty
C minorCm           G+G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
C minorCm            G+G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2Dsus2      FF     E MajorE    D MajorD
We build the wall to keep us free

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