Build Around Your Heart A Wall Chords
Build Around Your Heart A Wall by Shovels And Rope is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, C7, F, Fm, E7, Am, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo on 4th
C
C C7
In a vacant old park I watched from the dark
F Fm
The old church was on fire, I buried my lighter
C E7 Am
So no one could tell I was runnin'
F Fm C
God forgive me but he had it comin'
C C7
She was barely fifteen, midwest town sleepy scene
F Fm
I was two grades above her, completely in love with her
C E7 Am
One look from those eyes I was done in
F Fm C C7
God forgive me but he had it coming
Dm G
It was deadly crooked fangs
C E7 Am
When outside a church bell clangs
F C G Am
Well rise and fall curtain call
F Dm G
Build around your heart a wall
F C G Am
Of brick and stone both thick and tall
F C G C
Build around your heart a wall
C C7
With my hand on her head, in her hospital bed
F Fm
And the secret she kept that would lead to her death
C E7 Am
Well that fucker he took what he wanted
F Fm C C7
And I promised he'd get what was coming
Dm G
Well she never made a sound
C E7 Am
When he pushed her to the ground
F C G Am
Well rise and fall curtain call
F Dm G
Build around your heart a wall
F C G Am
Of brick and stone both thick and tall
F C G C
Build around your heart a wall
C C7
I tried to keep breathing as the last car was leaving
F Fm
Drank myself courageous, crept behind the stage
C E7 Am
Toward the target for which I was gunnin'
F Fm C C7
God forgive me but he had it coming
Dm G
It was deadly crooked fangs
C E7 Am
When outside a church bell clangs
F C G Am
Well rise and fall curtain call
F Dm G
Build around your heart a wall
F C G Am
Of brick and stone both thick and tall
F C G C
Build around your heart a wall
F C G C
Build around your heart a wall