[Intro] Gm  F2  C/E  Gm  Bb  D/A  Gm

[Call]

Gm
Why do we build the wall?
F2           C/E
My children, my children
Gm                      Bb Dm/A Gm
Why do we build the wall?

[Response]

Gm
Why do we build the wall?
   F2                C/E
We build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Bb      Dm/A   Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

[Call]

Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
F2           C/E
My children, my children
Gm                             Bb Dm/A Gm
How does the wall keep us free?

[Response]

Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
    F2                 C/E
The wall keeps out the enemy
       F2                C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Bb      Dm/A    Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

[Call]

Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
F2           C/E
My children, my children
Gm                       Bb Dm/A Gm
Who do we call the enemy?

[Response]

Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
    F2                 C/E
The enemy is poverty
        F2                 C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
       F2                C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Bb      Dm/A    Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

[Call]
Gm
Because we have, and they have not!
F2           C/E
My children, my children
Gm                                 Bb Dm/A Gm
Because they want what we have got!

[Response]
Gm
Because we have and they have not
    F2                 C/E
Because they want what we have got
    F2       C/E
The enemy is poverty
        F2                 C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
       F2                C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Bb      Dm/A    Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

[Instrumental x2]
 Gm  F2  C/E  Gm  Bb  D/A  Gm

[Call]
Gm
What do we have that they should want?
F2           C/E
My children, my children
Gm                                 Bb Dm/A Gm
What do we have that they should want?

[Final Response]
Gm
What do we have that they should want?
    F2                 C/E
We have a wall to work upon!
F2               C/E
We have work and they have none
F2              C/E
And our work is never done!
   F2           F2
My children! My children!
Gm
And the war is never won!
    F2       C/E
The enemy is poverty
        F2                 C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy
       F2                C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
             Bb      Dm/A    Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
             Gm     Dm/A     Gm
We build the wall to keep us free