Why We Build The Wall chords

Capo: wherever’s comfortable for your voice; Billy usually has it on 3

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]My children, [D]my children
[Em]Why do we build the wall? [G] [Am] [Em]
[Em]Why do we build the wall?
[G]We build the wall to [D]keep us free
[Em]That's why we build the wall
[Em]We build the [G]wall, to [Am]keep us [D]free

[VERSE 2]
[Em]How does the wall keep us free?
[G]My children, [D]my children
[Em]How does the wall keep us free? [G] [Am] [Em]
[Em]How does the wall keep us free?
[G]The wall keeps out [D]the enemy
[G]And we build the wall to [D]keep us free
[Em]That's why we build the wall
[Em]We build the [G]wall to [Am]keep us [Em]free

[VERSE 3]
[Em]Who do we call the enemy?
[G]My children, [D]my children
[Em]Who do we call the enemy? [G] [Am] [Em]
[Em]Who do we call the enemy?
[G]The enemy is [D]poverty
[G]And the wall keeps out [D]the enemy
[G]And we build the wall to [D]keep us free
[Em]That's why we build the wall
[Em]We build the [G]wall to [Am]keep us [Em]free

[VERSE 4]
[Em]Because we have and they have not
[G]My children, [D]my children
[Em]Because they want what we have got [G] [Am] [Em]
[Em]Because we have and they have not
[G]The enemy is [D]poverty
[G]And the wall keeps out [D]the enemy
[G]And we build the wall to [D]keep us free
[Em]That's why we build the wall
[Em]We build the [G]wall to [Am]keep us [Em]free

[VERSE 5]
[Em]What do we have that they should want?
[G]My children, [D]my children
[Em]What do we have that they should want? [G] [Am] [Em]
[Em]What do we have that they should want?
[G]We have a wall to [D]work upon
[G]We have work and [D]they have none
[G]And our work is [D]never done
[G]My children, [D]my children
[G]And the war is [D]never won
[G]The enemy is [D]poverty
[G]And the wall keeps out [D]the enemy
[G]And we build the wall to [D]keep us free
[Em]That's why we build the wall
[Em]We build the [G]wall to [Am]keep us [Em]free
[Em]We build the [G]wall to [Am]keep us [Em]free