Billy Bragg – Why We Build The Wall (Guitar Live)
Capo 3
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"Why We Build The Wall" Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell)
This is a deliberate simplification to outline the basic structure and repetition but not a bad place to
start I hope? I’ve heard Billy play this several times – live and recorded – and it’s never the same
twice. Sometimes he throws in Dsus2 or Dsus4 and sometimes it sounds more like A or E than Am or Em.
But because he’s mostly striking individual strings, it’s kinda whatever you want it to be. Play around
with it and enjoy.
[Intro]
Em G Am Em G Am Em
[Verse 1]
Em Why do we build the wall? G D My children, my children Em G Am Em Why do we build the wall? Em Why do we build the wall? G D We build the wall to keep us free Em That's why we build the wall Em G Am Em We build the wall, to keep us free
[Verse 2]
Em How does the wall keep us free? G D My children, my children Em G Am Em How does the wall keep us free? Em How does the wall keep us free? G D The wall keeps out the enemy G D And we build the wall to keep us free Em That's why we build the wall Em G Am Em We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 3]
Em Who do we call the enemy? G D My children, my children Em G Am Em Who do we call the enemy? Em Who do we call the enemy? G D The enemy is poverty G D And the wall keeps out the enemy G D And we build the wall to keep us free Em That's why we build the wall Em G Am Em We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 4]
Em Because we have and they have not G D My children, my children Em G Am Em Because they want what we have got Em Because we have and they have not G D The enemy is poverty G D And the wall keeps out the enemy G D And we build the wall to keep us free Em That's why we build the wall Em G Am Em We build the wall to keep us free
[Verse 5]
Em What do we have that they should want? G D My children, my children Em G Am Em What do we have that they should want? Em What do we have that they should want? G D We have a wall to work upon G D We have work and they have none G D And our work is never done G D My children, my children G D And the war is never won G D The enemy is poverty G D And the wall keeps out the enemy G D And we build the wall to keep us free Em That's why we build the wall Em G Am Em We build the wall to keep us free Em G Am Em We build the wall to keep us free