Why We Build the Wall Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][C][G][Am][C][D][Am]
Why
do we build the wall?
[C]My children, [G]my children
[Am]Why do we build [C]the wall?[D][Am]

[Verse 2]
Why do [Am]we build the wall?
We [C]build the wall [G]to keep us free
That's [Am]why we build the wall
We build the [C]wall, to [D]keep [Am]us free[C]
[Am]How does the wall keep us free? [C]My

[Verse 3]
children, [G]my children
[Am]How does the wall keep
[C]us free?[D][Am]

[Verse 4]
How does the wall keep us free?
[C]The wall keeps [G]out the enemy
And we [C]build the wall to [G]keep us free
That's [Am]why we build the wall
We build the [C]wall [D]to keep [Am]us free

[Verse 5]
Who do we call [Am]the enemy?
[C]My children, [G]my children
[Am]Who do we call the enemy?
[C][D][Am]

[Verse 6]
Who do we call the enemy?
[C]The enemy [G]is poverty
And the [C]wall keeps out [G]the enemy
And we [C]build the wall to [G]keep us free
That's [Am]why we build the wall
We build the [C]wall [D]to keep [Am]us free

[Verse 7]
Because we have and they [D]have not
[C]My children, [G]my children
[Am]Because they want what
[C]we have got[D][Am]

[Verse 8]
Because we have and they have not
[C]The enemy is [G]poverty
And the [C]wall keeps out [G]the enemy
And we [C]build the wall to [G]keep us free
That's [Am]why we build the wall
We build the [C]wall to [D]keep us [Am]free
[C]What do we hav[Am]e

[Verse 9]
[C]that they should want?
My children, [G]my children
[Am]What do we have that they
[C]should want?[D][Am]

[Verse 10]
What do we have that they should want?
[C]We have a wall to [G]work upon
[C]We have work and [G]they have none
[C]And our work [G]is never done
[C]My children, [G]my children
[C]And the war [G]is never won
[C]The enemy [G]is poverty
And the [C]wall keeps out [G]the enemy
And we [C]build the wall to [G]keep us free
That's [Am]why we build the wall
We build the [C]wall to [D]keep us [Am]free
We build the [C]wall to keep [D]us [Am]fre