Billy Bragg – Why We Build The Wall (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 3
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"Why We Build The Wall" - Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell) Dsus2 : 0xx230 Cm : x3x01x G : x2x03x
   F E D
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[Intro] Dsus2 Cm G Dsus2 Cm G Dsus2 [Verse 1]
Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?

Cm            G
My children, my children

Dsus2                         F E D
Why do we build the wall?

Dsus2
Why do we build the wall?

Cm                    G
We build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2
That's why we build the wall

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall, to keep us free
[Verse 2]
Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?

Cm            G
My children, my children

Dsus2                               F E D
How does the wall keep us free?

Dsus2
How does the wall keep us free?

Cm                  G
The wall keeps out the enemy

Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2
That's why we build the wall

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 3]
Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?

Cm            G
My children, my children

Dsus2                         F E D
Who do we call the enemy?

Dsus2
Who do we call the enemy?

Cm            G
The enemy is poverty

Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy

Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2
That's why we build the wall

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 4]
Dsus2
Because we have and they have not

Cm            G
My children, my children

Dsus2                                  F E D
Because they want what we have got

Dsus2
Because we have and they have not

Cm            G
The enemy is poverty

Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy

Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2
That's why we build the wall

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 5]
Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?

Cm            G
My children, my children

Dsus2                                      F E D
What do we have that they should want?

Dsus2
What do we have that they should want?

Cm                 G
We have a wall to work upon

Cm                G
We have work and they have none

Cm               G
And our work is never done

Cm            G
My children, my children

Cm              G
And the war is never won

Cm            G
The enemy is poverty

Cm                      G
And the wall keeps out the enemy

Cm                        G
And we build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2
That's why we build the wall

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free

Dsus2           F         E       D
We build the wall to keep us free