[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
