When the Walls Came Tumbling Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][E][Am][Dm][E]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
On the [Am]first day
of the first month [Dm]in some distant year
[E]The whole sky [Am]froze golden
Some said it was the aftermath
[Dm]of the radium bomb[E]
While the others told of a fi
[Am]nal retribution
A terrible [Dm]revenge of [E]the Gods
But we under[Am]stood the
grand fi[Dm]nale
[E]Fulfillment of a prophecy told
[Am]many years [Dm]before
So [E]all that was left was

[Interlude 1]
[A][Am][A]
[F#m]

[Verse 2]
All the [F#m]women were captured
[Am]and chained[A][F#m]
And national suicide was pro[A]claimed
[Am]And [A]new [F#m]America
fell to the [A]ground[F#m]
And all the children lay crippled
lame
[A][Am][A]

[Verse 3]
[E]
But all the nations came to[F]gether
In fear of the thought of [C]the end
No more would we fight [Am]in the streets
[A]No [Am]courage had we to [Bb]de fe[C]nd

[Verse 4]
When the [C]walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came
[E]tumbling [Bb]down
Everybody ran as they screamed
[C]at the[Am] sound

[Verse 5]
When the [Am]walls came tumbling [C]down
When the walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came
[E]tumbling [Bb]down
Everybody ran as [Am]they screamed at the sound

[Interlude 2]
[A][Am][Bb][Am][G][Am][A][Am][Bb]
[Am][G][Am][A][Am][Bb][Am][G][C][Am][A][Am]
[Bb][Am][G][Am][A][Am][Bb][G][Am][G][C]
[Am]A blinding

[Verse 6]
light the sun [A]had [Am]died[Bb]
a new [G]moon [Am]took its [G]place[C]
[Am]Tidal waves and [A]open[Am] grave[Bb]s the
fate [G]of the [Am]unhuman [G]race[C]
[Am]The city's heart no longer beats[Bb] no
pity [G]have [Am]I left to [G]lend[C]
[Am]A sinner sits reciting Dylan[Bb] it's now
[G]that I [Am]welcome the [G]en [C]d[Am][A]

[Verse 7]
When [Am]the walls came [Bb]tum [C]bling down
When the walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came [E]tum
[Bb]bling down
Everybody ran as they screamed
at [Am]the sound

[Verse 8]
When [Am]the walls came [Bb]tumbling [Am]down[C]
When the walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came
[E]tumbling [Bb]down
Everybody ran as [C]they screamed at [Am]the sound

[Interlude 3]
[A][Am][Bb][G][Am][G][C]
[Am][Bb][G][Am][G][C][Am][Bb][Am][G]
[C][Am][Bb][Am][G][C][Am]

[Verse 9]
When the [Am]walls came tumbling [C]down
When the walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came
[E]tumbling [Bb]down
Everybody ran as they screamed
[Am]at the s[A]ound

[Verse 10]
When the [A]walls [Am]came [C]tumbling down
When the walls came [Dm]tumbling down
When the walls came
tumbling [Bb]down
Nobody made [Am]a sound
[A](Down, down, down)

[Outro 1]
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