Verse
Fm
My mama told me
G#
When I was younger
C#
You better speak up
C#
Don't be a number
Fm
My daddy told me
G#
When there was thunder
C#
Go be the lightning
C#
Don't run for cover
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm D#
Who's gonna help the helpless
Cm C#
Sometimes we're all alone
Fm D#
These days we're all just looking
Cm
For a place that we call home
[Chorus]
C#
Now we can't climb over
Fm
And you can't go 'round
D#
Build them up
Fm
We'll tear them down
C#
Brick by brick
Fm
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
And tear down walls
C#
These walls
G#
Are the mountains that we climb
D#
These walls
Fm D#
Are the great divide
C#
Brick by brick
G#
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
Tear down walls
[Verse 2]
Fm
The space between us
G#
Is getting wider
C#
We need this bar to
C#
Light the fire
Fm
Show me the promise
G#
Give me some dealing
C#
There's too much hurting
C#
We need some healing
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm D#
Who's gonna help the helpless
Cm C#
Sometimes we're all alone
Fm D#
These days we're one step closer
Cm C#
To that place that we call home
[Chorus]
C#
Now we can't climb over
Fm
And you can't go 'round
D#
Build them up
Fm
We'll tear them down
C#
Brick by brick
Fm
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
And tear down walls
C#
These walls
G#
Are the mountains that we climb
D#
These walls
Fm D#
Are the great divide
C#
Brick by brick
G#
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
Tear down walls
[Solo]
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[Bridge]
N.G#
I remember when the world was smaller
And we both felt 10 feet taller
[Chorus]
C#
Now we can't climb over
Fm
And you can't go 'round
D#
Build them up
Fm
We'll tear them down
C#
Brick by brick
Fm
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
And tear down walls
C#
These walls
G#
Are the mountains that we climb
D#
These walls
Fm D#
Are the great divide
C#
Brick by brick
G#
Gonna watch them fall
D#
Build more bridges
Fm
Tear down these walls
C#
These walls
D#
These walls
C#
These walls
Fm
Tear down walls
C#
These walls
D#
These walls
C#
These walls
Fm
Tear down walls
| r Release
| b Bend
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato