Anaïs Mitchell – Why We Build The Wall (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm F C Gm Bb Am Gm (x4) [Hades Verse 1]
Gm
Why do we build the wall,

F                 C
My children, my children?

Gm                      Bb Am Gm
Why do we build the wall?
[All Together Verse 1]
Gm
Why do we build the wall?

   F                 C
We build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades Verse 2]
Gm
How does the wall keep us free,

F                 C
My children, my children?

Gm                            Bb Am Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
[All Together Verse 2]
Gm
How does the wall keep us free?

   F                 C
The wall keeps out the enemy

        F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades Verse 3]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy,

F                 C
My children, my children?

Gm                       Bb Am Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
[All Together Verse 3]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy?

F            C
The enemy is poverty

F                           C
And the wall keeps out the enemy

       F                  C
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades Verse 4]
 Gm
Because we have and they have not,

F                 C
My children, my children?

 Gm                              Bb Am Gm
Because they want what we have got
[All Together Verse 4]
Gm
Because we have and they have not

F                     C
Because they want what we have got

F            C
The enemy is poverty

F                 C
And the wall keeps out the enemy

        F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Solo] Gm F C Gm Bb Am Gm (x2) [Hades Verse 5]
Gm
What do we have that they should want,

F                 C
My children, my children?

Gm                                  Bb Am Gm
What do we have that they should want?
[All Together Verse 5]
Gm
What do we have that they should want?

F                 C
We have a wall to work upon

F                 C
We have work and they have none
[Hades]
F                 C
And our work is never done

F                 C
My children, my children

F                 C
And the war is never won
[All Together]
F                 C
The enemy is poverty

F                 C
And the wall keeps out the enemy

F                 C
And we build the wall to keep us free
[Hades]
       Gm
That's why we build the wall
[All Together]
             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

             Bb      Am      Gm
We build the wall to keep us free