Chords for Michael McDermott ~ A Wall I Must Climb
Tempo:
107.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [N] Thank you very much.
[D]
[A]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[A] [Em] [D] I'm going to sing a song [G] called Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
[A] [Em]
I've seen some hills in my [A] day.
Seen a face in yours.
[Bm] And I try to connect us in some [D] way.
[G] We're on two different [D] shores.
The love is worth the treasure.
[G] But I can't even [D] spare a dime.
[G] Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
[G]
[D] [Em]
[D] And the people they were singing, I [G] couldn't hear them from the street.
[D] And my feelings, they were stinging.
[G] I was submerged down in my defeat.
But then [D] I smiled for [A] a second.
And [Em] for that second, I [D] felt just fine.
[G] The pain of the wall I [D] must climb.
[G]
[D] So quiet is the terror.
[G] It swallows me like a knife.
[D] So quiet is my sickness.
[G] And these songs I long to write.
But I [D] shall receive my passion.
[Em] Eternally [G] from beyond the bitter [D] stars that shine.
[A] [G] And doubt is a wall [D] I must climb.
[Em]
In my world of convergence.
[A] Prisoner only after me.
[Bm] While I wait for the emergence.
Of [G] the fall myself to be.
[D] Till then I'll wait in the museum.
[Em]
[G] The museum [D] of [A] [G]
pain is a wall [D] I [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] must climb.
And the hangman is in the shadows.
[G] And he's looking for something to do.
[D] To his mind he won the [G] battles.
Of evil and the true.
[D] And the judge is there in recess.
[G] To receive some sort of [D] sacred time.
[G] The beast is a wall [D] I must climb.
[Em]
[G] [D] [A] [Em]
[D] We got people from all over the United States.
[A] [G] All over the world.
We got [D] them from Idaho.
From Long Island.
From New Jersey.
[G] From New York.
From Italy.
[D] [A] From Texas.
[E]
[D] From Wisconsin.
[G] Thank you for coming.
[D] Have you ever looked at your face so much.
[G] Until it became askew.
[D] To the road that's less traveled.
[A] To one that [Em] leads right back to you.
[D] And Lord I'm frightened for I fear.
[Em] That my lack of life.
[D] It is my crime.
[Em]
[D] I must climb.
[E]
[G] [D] [Em]
[D] Yeah I, yeah [G]
[D] I, yeah I.
[Em]
[D] We were born [Em] before the [G] wind.
[D] I'm still [A] younger [E] than [D] the sun.
Everybody knows as [Em] one.
[G] As we sail.
[D] As we sail.
[Bm] Into [D] the misty.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em]
[D]
My sister's here.
[N] Thank you
[D]
[A]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[A] [Em] [D] I'm going to sing a song [G] called Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
[A] [Em]
I've seen some hills in my [A] day.
Seen a face in yours.
[Bm] And I try to connect us in some [D] way.
[G] We're on two different [D] shores.
The love is worth the treasure.
[G] But I can't even [D] spare a dime.
[G] Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
[G]
[D] [Em]
[D] And the people they were singing, I [G] couldn't hear them from the street.
[D] And my feelings, they were stinging.
[G] I was submerged down in my defeat.
But then [D] I smiled for [A] a second.
And [Em] for that second, I [D] felt just fine.
[G] The pain of the wall I [D] must climb.
[G]
[D] So quiet is the terror.
[G] It swallows me like a knife.
[D] So quiet is my sickness.
[G] And these songs I long to write.
But I [D] shall receive my passion.
[Em] Eternally [G] from beyond the bitter [D] stars that shine.
[A] [G] And doubt is a wall [D] I must climb.
[Em]
In my world of convergence.
[A] Prisoner only after me.
[Bm] While I wait for the emergence.
Of [G] the fall myself to be.
[D] Till then I'll wait in the museum.
[Em]
[G] The museum [D] of [A] [G]
pain is a wall [D] I [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] must climb.
And the hangman is in the shadows.
[G] And he's looking for something to do.
[D] To his mind he won the [G] battles.
Of evil and the true.
[D] And the judge is there in recess.
[G] To receive some sort of [D] sacred time.
[G] The beast is a wall [D] I must climb.
[Em]
[G] [D] [A] [Em]
[D] We got people from all over the United States.
[A] [G] All over the world.
We got [D] them from Idaho.
From Long Island.
From New Jersey.
[G] From New York.
From Italy.
[D] [A] From Texas.
[E]
[D] From Wisconsin.
[G] Thank you for coming.
[D] Have you ever looked at your face so much.
[G] Until it became askew.
[D] To the road that's less traveled.
[A] To one that [Em] leads right back to you.
[D] And Lord I'm frightened for I fear.
[Em] That my lack of life.
[D] It is my crime.
[Em]
[D] I must climb.
[E]
[G] [D] [Em]
[D] Yeah I, yeah [G]
[D] I, yeah I.
[Em]
[D] We were born [Em] before the [G] wind.
[D] I'm still [A] younger [E] than [D] the sun.
Everybody knows as [Em] one.
[G] As we sail.
[D] As we sail.
[Bm] Into [D] the misty.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em]
[D]
My sister's here.
[N] Thank you
Key:
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[D] _ _ _ _ [N] Thank you very much. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] I'm going to sing a song _ [G] called Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _
I've seen some hills in my [A] day.
Seen a face in yours.
[Bm] And I try to connect us in some [D] way.
[G] We're on two different [D] shores.
The love is worth the treasure.
[G] _ But I can't even [D] spare a dime.
_ [G] Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] And the people they were singing, I [G] couldn't hear them from the street.
[D] And my feelings, they were stinging.
[G] I was submerged down in my defeat.
But then [D] I smiled for [A] a second.
And [Em] for that second, I [D] felt just fine.
_ _ _ [G] The pain of the wall I [D] must climb.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] So quiet is the terror.
[G] It swallows me like a knife.
[D] So quiet is my sickness.
[G] And these songs I long to write.
But I [D] shall receive my passion.
[Em] Eternally [G] from beyond the bitter [D] stars that shine.
[A] _ [G] And doubt is a wall [D] I must climb.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ In my world of convergence.
[A] Prisoner only after me.
[Bm] While I wait for the emergence.
Of [G] the fall myself to be.
[D] Till then I'll wait in the museum.
[Em] _
[G] The museum [D] of _ _ [A] _ [G] _
pain is a wall [D] I _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] must climb.
And the hangman is in the shadows.
[G] And he's looking for something to do.
[D] To his mind he won the [G] battles.
Of evil and the true.
[D] And the judge is there in recess.
[G] To receive some sort of [D] sacred time.
_ _ _ [G] The beast is a wall [D] I must climb.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] We got people from all over the United States.
[A] [G] All over the world.
We got [D] them from Idaho.
From Long Island.
From New Jersey.
[G] From New York.
From Italy.
[D] _ [A] From Texas.
[E]
[D] From Wisconsin.
_ _ _ [G] Thank you for coming.
_ _ [D] Have you ever looked at your face so much.
[G] Until it became askew.
[D] To the road that's less traveled.
[A] To one that [Em] leads right back to you.
[D] And Lord I'm frightened for I fear.
[Em] That my lack of life.
[D] It is my crime.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] I must climb.
_ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Yeah I, yeah [G] _ _
_ _ [D] I, yeah I.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] We were born [Em] before the [G] wind.
_ [D] _ I'm still [A] younger [E] than [D] the sun.
_ _ Everybody knows as [Em] one.
[G] As we sail.
[D] As we sail.
[Bm] Into [D] the misty.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My sister's here. _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ Thank you
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] I'm going to sing a song _ [G] called Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
_ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _
I've seen some hills in my [A] day.
Seen a face in yours.
[Bm] And I try to connect us in some [D] way.
[G] We're on two different [D] shores.
The love is worth the treasure.
[G] _ But I can't even [D] spare a dime.
_ [G] Love is a wall I [D] must climb.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] And the people they were singing, I [G] couldn't hear them from the street.
[D] And my feelings, they were stinging.
[G] I was submerged down in my defeat.
But then [D] I smiled for [A] a second.
And [Em] for that second, I [D] felt just fine.
_ _ _ [G] The pain of the wall I [D] must climb.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] So quiet is the terror.
[G] It swallows me like a knife.
[D] So quiet is my sickness.
[G] And these songs I long to write.
But I [D] shall receive my passion.
[Em] Eternally [G] from beyond the bitter [D] stars that shine.
[A] _ [G] And doubt is a wall [D] I must climb.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ In my world of convergence.
[A] Prisoner only after me.
[Bm] While I wait for the emergence.
Of [G] the fall myself to be.
[D] Till then I'll wait in the museum.
[Em] _
[G] The museum [D] of _ _ [A] _ [G] _
pain is a wall [D] I _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] must climb.
And the hangman is in the shadows.
[G] And he's looking for something to do.
[D] To his mind he won the [G] battles.
Of evil and the true.
[D] And the judge is there in recess.
[G] To receive some sort of [D] sacred time.
_ _ _ [G] The beast is a wall [D] I must climb.
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] We got people from all over the United States.
[A] [G] All over the world.
We got [D] them from Idaho.
From Long Island.
From New Jersey.
[G] From New York.
From Italy.
[D] _ [A] From Texas.
[E]
[D] From Wisconsin.
_ _ _ [G] Thank you for coming.
_ _ [D] Have you ever looked at your face so much.
[G] Until it became askew.
[D] To the road that's less traveled.
[A] To one that [Em] leads right back to you.
[D] And Lord I'm frightened for I fear.
[Em] That my lack of life.
[D] It is my crime.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] I must climb.
_ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Yeah I, yeah [G] _ _
_ _ [D] I, yeah I.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] We were born [Em] before the [G] wind.
_ [D] _ I'm still [A] younger [E] than [D] the sun.
_ _ Everybody knows as [Em] one.
[G] As we sail.
[D] As we sail.
[Bm] Into [D] the misty.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My sister's here. _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ Thank you