Chords for Pet Shop Boys - Building A Wall
Tempo:
130.9 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
Gm
Fm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Am]
[F]
[Am]
[F]
[Ab]
[Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detention, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
[Bb] a wall, [Cm] a fire [Db] wall, [Gb] not so much [Fm] to keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
[F]
[Am]
[F]
[Ab]
[Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detention, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
[Bb] a wall, [Cm] a fire [Db] wall, [Gb] not so much [Fm] to keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
100% ➙ 131BPM
Ab
Bb
Gm
Fm
Cm
Ab
Bb
Gm
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detention, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
_ _ [Fm] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ a fire [Db] wall, _ _ [Gb] not so much [Fm] to keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] a fire wall, not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ [Am] Back there on the _ bombsite, we were [F] spies among the ruins, _ _ [Am] such precocious _ _ barbarians, [F] on TV we saw.
_ [Ab] Cold war. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
_ _ _ [Fm] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm leaving [Bb] the wall, _ _ [Cm] _ it's [Db] all _ _ _ [Gb] not so much, oh [Fm] man, they're doing [Gm] much more worse than us.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ a fire [Db] wall, _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] Jesus and the man from Angkor, [Bb] Caesar conquered [Eb] _ Gaul, _ [Ab] scouting for _ _ centurions _ [Bb] on a Roman [Cm] wall.
_ _ [Ab] _ Through the woods, the trees, and further on the [Bb] sea, _ _ we lived in the [Eb] shadow of the wall.
[Ab] _ Sand in the sandwiches, wasps in the tea, [Bb] it was a free country.
This [G] is a Europe.
_ _ [C] _ I'm building [G] a wall, [C] _ _ a fire wall, _ [Gb] not so much to [C] keep you out, [G] more to keep you [Gm] in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm losing [Bb] my hands, _ [Cm] _ for what?
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] More work for [Fm] the _ undertaker [Gm] means there's less for me.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, a fire [Cm] wall, _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, a fire [Cm] wall, _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detention, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
_ _ [Fm] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ a fire [Db] wall, _ _ [Gb] not so much [Fm] to keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] a fire wall, not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ [Am] Back there on the _ bombsite, we were [F] spies among the ruins, _ _ [Am] such precocious _ _ barbarians, [F] on TV we saw.
_ [Ab] Cold war. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Ab] there's nowhere to defect to anymore.
_ _ _ [Fm] Protection, prevention, detection, detection, [Gm] there's nowhere to defect to [G] anymore.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ I'm leaving [Bb] the wall, _ _ [Cm] _ it's [Db] all _ _ _ [Gb] not so much, oh [Fm] man, they're doing [Gm] much more worse than us.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, _ [Cm] _ a fire [Db] wall, _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] Jesus and the man from Angkor, [Bb] Caesar conquered [Eb] _ Gaul, _ [Ab] scouting for _ _ centurions _ [Bb] on a Roman [Cm] wall.
_ _ [Ab] _ Through the woods, the trees, and further on the [Bb] sea, _ _ we lived in the [Eb] shadow of the wall.
[Ab] _ Sand in the sandwiches, wasps in the tea, [Bb] it was a free country.
This [G] is a Europe.
_ _ [C] _ I'm building [G] a wall, [C] _ _ a fire wall, _ [Gb] not so much to [C] keep you out, [G] more to keep you [Gm] in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm losing [Bb] my hands, _ [Cm] _ for what?
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] More work for [Fm] the _ undertaker [Gm] means there's less for me.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, a fire [Cm] wall, _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall, a fire [Cm] wall, _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [Gb] not so much to [Fm] keep you out, [Gm] more to keep you in.
_ _ [Ab] _ I'm building [Bb] a wall.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _