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Why We Build the Wall chords by Billy Bragg

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Verse 1
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Why
do we build the wall?
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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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We build the wall, to keep us free
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How does the wall keep us free? My

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Verse 3

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children, my children

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How does the wall keep

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us free?

Verse 4
How does the wall keep us free?
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The wall keeps out the enemy
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And we build the wall to keep us free
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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

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Who do we call the enemy?

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My children, my children

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Who do we call the enemy?

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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
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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

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Because we have and they have not

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My children, my children

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Because they want what

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we have got

Verse 8
Because we have and they have not
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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
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That's why we build the wall
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We build the wall to keep us free
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What do we have

Verse 9

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that they should want?

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My children, my children

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What do we have that they

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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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My children, my children
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And the war is never won
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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
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That's why we build the wall
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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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Why We Build the Wall

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