Why We Build The Wall
Billy Bragg
"Why We Build The Wall" Billy Bragg (originally Anais Mitchell) Standard tuning 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 But because he’s mostly striking individual strings it’s kinda whatever you want it to be. Play around with it and enjoy. [Intro] [Verse 1] Why do we build the wall? My children my children Why do we build the wall? Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free [Verse 2] How does the wall keep us free? My children my children How does the wall keep us free? How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free [Verse 3] Who do we call the enemy? My children my children Who do we call the enemy? Who do we call the enemy? The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free [Verse 4] Because we have and they have not My children my children Because they want what we have got Because we have and they have not The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free [Verse 5] What do we have that they should want? My children my children What do we have that they should want? What do we have that they should want? We have a wall to work upon We have work and they have none And our work is never done My children my children And the war is never won The enemy is poverty And the wall keeps out the enemy And we build the wall to keep us free That’s why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free We build the wall to keep us free
