Misc Musicals – Hadestown - Why We Build The Wall (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm7 F C/E Gm7 x4 [Hades]
Gm
Why do we build the wall

F          C/E
My children, my children?

Gm
Why do we build the wall?
[Company]
Gm9
Why do we build the wall?

   F                 C/E
We build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades]
Gm
How does the wall keep us free

F          C/E
My children, my children?

Gm
How does the wall keep us free?
[Company]
Gm9
How does the wall keep us free?

    F                  C/E
The wall keeps out the enemy

       F                 C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy

F          C/E
My children, my children?

Gm
Who do we call the enemy?
[Company]
Gm
Who do we call the enemy?

    F        C/E
The enemy is poverty

        F                  C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy

       F                 C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Hades]
  Gm
Because we have and they have not

F          C/E
My children, my children

Gm
Because they want what we have got
[Company]
  Gm
Because we have and they have not

  F                    C/E
Because they want what we have got

    F        C/E
The enemy is poverty

        F                  C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy

       F                 C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

             Gm
We build the wall to keep us free
[Instrumental] Gm F C/E Gm x2 [Hades]
Gm
What do we have that they should want

F          C/E
My children, my children?

Gm
What do we have that they should want?
[Company and Eurydice]
Gm
What do we have that they should want?

F             C/E
We have a wall to work upon

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

F          C/E
My children, my children!

F              C/E
And the war is never won!
[Hades and Company]
F            C/E
The enemy is poverty

        F                  C/E
And the wall keeps out the enemy

       F                 C/E
And we build the wall to keep us free

       Gm
That's why we build the wall

               Bb    F/A     Gm
We build the wall to keep us free

               Bb    F/A     Gm
We build the wall to keep us free