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Why We Build The Wall Chords by Anais Mitchell

Why We Build The Wall chords by Anais Mitchell

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 3rd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Dsus2 : 0xx32x
Cm    : x3x01x
G     : x2x03x

F E D
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Intro:
Dsus2 Cm G Dsus2 Cm G Dsus2

Verse 1:
Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?
Cm            G
My children, my children
Dsus2                         F E D
Why do we build the wall?
Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?
Cm                    G
We build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall, to keep us free

Verse 2:
Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?
Cm            G
My children, my children
Dsus2                               F E D
How does the wall keep us free?
Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?
Cm                  G
The wall keeps out the enemy
Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 3:
Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?
Cm            G
My children, my children
Dsus2                         F E D
Who do we call the enemy?
Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?
Cm            G
The enemy is poverty
Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 4:
Dsus2
Because we have and they have not
Cm            G
My children, my children
Dsus2                                  F E D
Because they want what we have got
Dsus2
Because we have and they have not
Cm            G
The enemy is poverty
Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 5:
Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?
Cm            G
My children, my children
Dsus2                                      F E D
What do we have that they should want?
Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?
Cm                 G
We have a wall to work upon
Cm                G
We have work and they have none
Cm               G
And our work is never done
Cm            G
My children, my children
Cm              G
And the war is never won
Cm            G
The enemy is poverty
Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2
That's why we build the wall
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free
Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free

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