Key: B
Introduction:
Bm
My mama told me
D
When I was younger
G
You better speak up
A
Don't be a number
Bm
My daddy told me
D
When it was thunder
A
Don't run for cover
Bm A
Who's gonna help the helpless
F#m G
Sometimes we're all alone
Bm A
These days we're all just looking
F#m
For a place that we call home
G
Now we can't climb over
D
And you can't go round
A
Build them up
Bm A
We'll tear them down
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Bm A
And tear down walls
G
These walls
D
Are the mountains that we climb
A
These walls
Bm A
Are the great divide
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Tear down walls
Bm
The space between us
D
Is getting wider
G
We need this bar to
A
Light the fire
Bm
Show me the promise
D
Give me some feeling
G
There's too much hurting
A
We need some healing
Bm A
Who's gonna help the helpless
F#m G
Sometimes we're all alone
Bm A
These days we're all just looking
F#m
For a place that we call home
G
Now we can't climb over
D
And you can't go round
A
Build them up
Bm A
We'll tear them down
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Bm A
And tear down walls
G
These walls
D
Are the mountains that we climb
A
These walls
Bm A
Are the great divide
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Bm A
Tear down walls (these walls)
Bm A
I remember when the world was smaller
F#m G
And we both felt 10 feet taller
G
Now we can't climb over
D
And you can't go round
A
Build them up
Bm A
We'll tear them down
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Bm A
And tear down walls
G
These walls
D
Are the mountains that we climb
A
These walls
Bm A
Are the great divide
G
Brick by brick
D
Gonna watch them fall
A
Build more bridges
Bm A
Tear down walls (these walls)
G D A Bm A
(These walls)
G D A Bm A
(These walls, these walls) tear down walls
G D A Bm A
(These walls)
G D A Bm A G
(These walls, these walls) tear down walls