CGD CGD2 CGD FAAm CG When I built these walls with bricks and stones CF I built them all around CG I built these walls a long time ago CF She ain't gonna take 'em down CF No, she ain't gonna break 'em down CG I built these walls with my two hands CF I laid every single part CG And behind these walls a coward stands CF With an ego and a broken heart CF An ego and a broken heart Em6C/E Oh-oh-oh-oh, she comes around G Said if I don't get lost Am I won't get found Em6C/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 CG When I built these walls around my chest CF I built them thick and strong CG Oh, and she can try her very best CF But they've been here for too long CG For long ago there was a girl CF That stood there where she stands CG But she reached right in into my heart CF And broke it in her hands CF Oh, she broke it in her hands Em6C/E Oh-oh-oh-oh, and I suppose G If there's no rain clouds Am Nothing grows Em6C/E Oh-oh-oh, but this I know G If I don't get high Am I won't get low Em6CE Oh-oh-oh, and I find her strange G She wants to climb up Am But she could fall Em6CE Oh-oh-oh, she said that "I don't change" G And I live and die EAm Behind these walls EAm Behind these walls EAm Behind these walls CGD CGD2 CGD FAAm