Tom: Bm
C#dim 0434
Edim7 0101
Gm* 0765
[Verse]
D Em G
It all started on a day like any other
D Em G
All the salmon had swum to the sea
D Em G
When my lover she darted, away down the stream
D G D
With a heart that she'd taken from me
[Instrumental]
D Em Em G
D G D D
[Verse]
D Em G
And my chest though it ached, there was hope
D Em G
A little beacon of light
D Em G
Though my sunniest days were now stolen away
D G D
I still had our son by my side
[Pre-Chorus]
G C#dim
And as he looked up at me, with those wondering eyes
Em G
I just knew that I must protect him with my life
D Em
And make a land that is good
G
And a land that is free
Em A D
For the better of you and of me
[Chorus]
G D
We'll build these walls, with our own fair hands
G D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
Em G
And I swear on my life, that I'll stay by your side
Em G D
Through whatever the world has to throw
[Instrumental]
D Em Em G
D G D D
[Verse]
D Em G
So I summoned my men to my side
D Em G
And we sung a familiar tune
D Em G
As a final goodbye, with our fists to the sky
D G D
To our past as we started anew
[Chorus]
G D
We built these walls, with our own fair hands
G D
Through the wind and the rain and the snow
Em G
And we swore that we'd keep an unwavering faith
Em G D
To the land that we carved for a home
[Instrumental]
D Em Bm G Gm D
Em A Edim7 Bm
D Em Bm G Gm D
Em Gm* Em Edim7 C#dim Bm B7
[Bridge]
Em G
Oh, the dawn of the day set our country aflame
D F#m Bm B7
As the sun rose bloody and true
Em G
Arrows burned through the skies, as we swallowed our pride
D F#m B7
And we ran with our backs to the moon
Em
To our demise...
Gm*
From a friend full of lies...
[Verse]
D Em G
Oh, the break of the day shed it's light
D Em Gm*
On our hearts left battered and bruised
D Em G
All the hopes that we'd laid, on the home that we made
D G D
Torn to pieces and left in the blue...
D Em G
But my friend with an angry cry
D Em G
Held the weight of our world at his side
D Em G
Took a trembling stand, with an arrow in hand
D Gm* D
As he muttered a final goodbye...
