Key: E
Introduction:
C G
When I built these walls with bricks and stones
C F
I built them all around
C G
I built these walls a long time ago
C F
She ain't gonna take 'em down
C F
No, she ain't gonna break 'em down
C G
I built these walls with my two hands
C F
I laid every single part
C G
And behind these walls a coward stands
C F
With an ego and a broken heart
C F
An ego and a broken heart
Em6 C/E
Oh-oh-oh-oh, she comes around
G
Said if I don't get lost
Am
I won't get found
Em6 C/E
Oh-oh-oh, and turn it 'round
G
Said if I don't go up
Am
I won't come down
Em
I won't come down
C G
When I built these walls around my chest
C F
I built them thick and strong
C G
Oh, and she can try her very best
C F
But they've been here for too long
C G
For long ago there was a girl
C F
That stood there where she stands
C G
But she reached right in into my heart
C F
And broke it in her hands
C F
Oh, she broke it in her hands
Em6 C/E
Oh-oh-oh-oh, and I suppose
G
If there's no rain clouds
Am
Nothing grows
Em6 C/E
Oh-oh-oh, but this I know
G
If I don't get high
Am
I won't get low
Em6 CE
Oh-oh-oh, and I find her strange
G
She wants to climb up
Am
But she could fall
Em6 CE
Oh-oh-oh, she said that "I don't change"
G
And I live and die
E Am
Behind these walls
E Am
Behind these walls
E Am
Behind these walls