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
