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