C#dim   0434
Edim7   0101
Gm*     0765


[Verse]
       D            Em       G
It all started on a day like any other
        D          Em          G
All the salmon had swum to the sea
        D         Em                    G
When my lover she darted, away down the stream
       D                G          D
With a heart that she'd taken from me


[Instrumental]
D  Em  Em  G
D  G   D   D


[Verse]
       D               Em           G
And my chest though it ached, there was hope
  D      Em       G
A little beacon of light
          D        Em                     G
Though my sunniest days were now stolen away
  D             G        D
I still had our son by my side


[Pre-Chorus]
          G                           C#dim
And as he looked up at me, with those wondering eyes
       Em                       G
I just knew that I must protect him with my life
           D            Em
And make a land that is good
                   G
And a land that is free
        Em        A          D
For the better of you and of me


[Chorus]
      G                           D
We'll build these walls, with our own fair hands
            G                         D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
      Em                          G
And I swear on my life, that I'll stay by your side
            Em       G            D
Through whatever the world has to throw


[Instrumental]
D  Em  Em  G
D  G   D   D


[Verse]
     D           Em       G
So I summoned my men to my side
       D      Em       G
And we sung a familiar tune
     D         Em                         G
As a final goodbye, with our fists to the sky
       D          G        D
To our past as we started anew


[Chorus]
   G                           D
We built these walls, with our own fair hands
            G                         D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
       Em                        G
And we swore that we'd keep an unwavering faith
       Em           G            D
To the land that we carved for a home


[Instrumental]
D  Em  Bm  G  Gm  D
Em  A  Edim7  Bm
D  Em  Bm  G  Gm  D
Em  Gm*  Em  Edim7  C#dim  Bm  B7


[Bridge]
        Em                      G
Oh, the dawn of the day set our country aflame
       D        F#m         Bm      B7
As the sun rose bloody and true
       Em                              G
Arrows burned through the skies, as we swallowed our pride
       D            F#m           B7
And we ran with our backs to the moon
      Em
To our demise...
                Gm*
From a friend full of lies...


[Verse]
        D            Em           G
Oh, the break of the day shed it's light
      D           Em           Gm*
On our hearts left battered and bruised
        D               Em                        G
All the hopes that we'd laid, on the home that we made
       D           G                D
Torn to pieces and left in the blue...
       D              Em   G
But my friend with an angry cry
         D             Em          G
Held the weight of our world at his side
       D         Em                      G
Took a trembling stand, with an arrow in hand
      D          Gm*   D
As he muttered a final goodbye...