Em - 022000
Dsus2 - 000230
D - 000232
Dsus4 - 000233
G - 320033
G/F# - 200233
During the later Responses where you're just going back and forth between Dsus2 and D a bunch, for interest
you can switch up every other repetition into Dsus2-D-Dsus4-D, though I try to make sure the last one is
always a Dsus2-D again, just sounds best for transitioning into the call imo.
Any time you see G G/F# Em, that's just a walk down the top string with those chord shapes, I tend to just
hit the top two or three strings doing that but either way, only strike each chord once and heavy on the top.
[Intro]
Em Dsus2 D Em G G/F# Em
[Call]
Em
Why do we build the wall?
Dsus2 D
My children, my children
Em G G/F# Em
Why do we build the wall?
[Response]
Em
Why do we build the wall?
Dsus2 D
We build the wall to keep us free
Em
That's why we build the wall
G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
[Call]
Em
How does the wall keep us free?
Dsus2 D
My children, my children
Em G G/F# Em
How does the wall keep us free?
[Response]
Em
How does the wall keep us free?
Dsus2 D
The wall keeps out the enemy
Dsus2 D
And we build the wall to keep us free
Em
That's why we build the wall
G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
[Call]
Em
Who do we call the enemy?
Dsus2 D
My children, my children
Em G G/F# Em
Who do we call the enemy?
[Response]
Em
Who do we call the enemy?
Dsus2 D
The enemy is poverty
Dsus2 D
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Dsus2 D
And we build the wall to keep us free
Em
That's why we build the wall
G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
[Call]
Em
Because we have, and they have not!
Dsus2 D
My children, my children
Em G G/F# Em
Because they want what we have got!
[Response]
Em
Because we have and they have not
Dsus2 D
Because they want what we have got
Dsus2 D
The enemy is poverty
Dsus2 D
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Dsus2 D
And we build the wall to keep us free
Em
That's why we build the wall
G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
[Call]
Em
What do we have that they should want?
Dsus2 D
My children, my children
Em G G/F# Em
What do we have that they should want?
[Final Response]
Em
What do we have that they should want?
Dsus2 D
We have a wall to work upon!
Dsus2 D
We have work and they have none
Em
And our work is never done!
Dsus2 D
My children! My children!
Em
And the war is never won!
Dsus2 D
The enemy is poverty
Dsus2 D
And the wall keeps out the enemy
Dsus2 D
And we build the wall to keep us free
Em
That's why we build the wall
G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
N.C G G/F# Em
We build the wall to keep us free
