[Verse 1]
Eb
When I built these walls with bricks and stones
Fm
I built them all around
Eb Cm
I built these walls a long time ago
Eb
She ain't gonna take 'em down
Cm Eb
No, she ain't gonna break 'em down
Eb Eb Cm Eb
I built these walls with my two hands
Eb Cm
I laid every single part
Eb Cm
And behind these walls a coward stands.
Eb Cm
An eagle and a broken heart
Eb Cm
An eagle and a broken heart
[Chorus 1]
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh-oh, she comes around
Bb
See if I don't get lost
Cm
I won't get found
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh, and turn it 'round
Bb
See if I don't go up
Cm
I won't come down
Bb Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm
I won't come down
[Verse 2]
Eb Cm
When I built these walls around my chest
Eb
I built them thick and strong
Eb Cm
Oh, and she can try her very best
Eb Cm
But they've been here for too long
Eb Cm
For long ago there was a girl
Eb Cm
That stood there where she stands
Eb Cm
But she reached right in into my heart
Eb Cm
And broke it in her hands
Eb Cm
Oh, she broke it in her hands
[Chorus 2]
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh-oh, and I suppose
Bb
If there's no rain clouds
Cm
Nothing grows
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh, but this I know
Bb
If I don't get high
Eb
I won't get low
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh, and I find her strange
Bb
She wants to climb up
Cm
But she could fall
Ab Eb
Oh-oh-oh, she said, "I won't change"
Bb
And I live and die
Cm
Behind these walls
Bb Cm
Behind these walls
Bb Cm
Behind these walls