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               A         D
With a heart that she'd taken from me

[Instrumental]
D Em G
D A D

[Continuing Verse 1]
         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            A        D
I still had our son by my side

[Pre-chorus]
           G                           A
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
         D         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         A                D           G
And I swear on my life, that I'll stay by your side
                      A              D
Through whatever the world has to throw

[Instrumental]
D Em G
D A D

[Verse 2]
      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           A      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              A         D        G
And we swore that we'd keep an unwavering faith
                     A            D
To the land that we carved for a home

[Instrumental]
D Em Bm
G A D
Em A7 A Bm
D Em Bm
G A D
Em A7
Em A7 B

[Bridge]
          G                       D
Oh, the dawn of the day set our country aflame
        G         A         B
As the sun rose bloody and true
        G                                D
Arrows burned through the skies, as we swallowed our pride
        G            A            B
And we ran with our backs to the moon
      G
To our demise
                  Gm
From a friend full of lies

[Verse 3]
          D           Em          G
Oh, the break of the day shed it's light
         D          A          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          A          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...

[Ending Notes]
D Em G
D Gm D