{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2326459,"song":"Why We Build The Wall","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11484993-why-we-build-the-wall-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2326459?type=chord","rating":4.87079,"votes":15,"content":"\"Why We Build The Wall\"  Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell)\r\nStandard tuning\r\nCapo: wherever’s comfortable for your voice; Billy usually has it on 3\r\n\r\nThis is a deliberate simplification to outline the basic structure and repetition but not a bad place to\r\nstart I hope?  I’ve heard Billy play this several times – live and recorded – and it’s never the same\r\ntwice.  Sometimes he throws in Dsus2 or Dsus4 and sometimes it sounds more like A or E than Am or Em.\r\nBut because he’s mostly striking individual strings, it’s kinda whatever you want it to be.  Play around\r\nwith it and enjoy.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy do we build the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy do we build the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy do we build the wall?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why we build the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall, to keep us free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow does the wall keep us free?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow does the wall keep us free?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow does the wall keep us free?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wall keeps out the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why we build the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho do we call the enemy?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho do we call the enemy?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho do we call the enemy?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe enemy is poverty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wall keeps out the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why we build the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause we have and they have not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause they want what we have got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause we have and they have not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe enemy is poverty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wall keeps out the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why we build the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat do we have that they should want?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat do we have that they should want?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat do we have that they should want?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have a wall to work upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have work and they have none[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd our work is never done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy children, my children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the war is never won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe enemy is poverty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wall keeps out the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why we build the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe build the wall to keep us free[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Why We Build The Wall\"  Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell)\nStandard tuning\nCapo: wherever’s comfortable for your voice; Billy usually has it on 3\n\nThis is a deliberate simplification to outline the basic structure and repetition but not a bad place to\nstart I hope?  I’ve heard Billy play this several times – live and recorded – and it’s never the same\ntwice.  Sometimes he throws in Dsus2 or Dsus4 and sometimes it sounds more like A or E than Am or Em.\nBut because he’s mostly striking individual strings, it’s kinda whatever you want it to be.  Play around\nwith it and enjoy.\n\n[Intro]\nEm G Am Em G Am Em\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Dsus2","Dsus4","A","E","Am","Em","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}