Why We Build the Wall chords by
Billy Bragg

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Verse 1
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C C 
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G G 
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Why
do we build the wall?
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G G 
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My children, my children
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Why do we build the wall?

Verse 2
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Why do we build the wall?
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We build the wall to keep us free
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That's why we build the wall
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C C 
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We build the wall, to keep us free
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C C 
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How does the wall keep us free? My

Verse 3

G

children, my children

Am

How does the wall keep

C

D

Am

us free?

Verse 4
How does the wall keep us free?
C C 
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The wall keeps out the enemy
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And we build the wall to keep us free
Am Am 
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That's why we build the wall
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We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 5

Am

Who do we call the enemy?

C

G

My children, my children

Am

Who do we call the enemy?

C

D

Am

Verse 6
Who do we call the enemy?
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The enemy is poverty
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And the wall keeps out the enemy
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And we build the wall to keep us free
Am Am 
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That's why we build the wall
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We build the wall to keep us free

Verse 7

D

Because we have and they have not

C

G

My children, my children

Am

Because they want what

C

D

Am

we have got

Verse 8
Because we have and they have not
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The enemy is poverty
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G G 
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And the wall keeps out the enemy
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And we build the wall to keep us free
Am Am 
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We build the wall to keep us free
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What do we have

Verse 9

C

that they should want?

G

My children, my children

Am

What do we have that they

C

D

Am

should want?

Verse 10
What do we have that they should want?
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We have a wall to work upon
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We have work and they have none
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And our work is never done
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And the war is never won
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G G 
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The enemy is poverty
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G G 
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And the wall keeps out the enemy
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G G 
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And we build the wall to keep us free
Am Am 
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We build the wall to keep us free
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We build the wall to keep us fre

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