Chords for Steppenwolf - The Wall
Tempo:
95.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
F
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Dm]
[A]
[D]
[A] This ain't no game [D] boy, don't make a sound.
Watch that man [A] with the gun.
[Bm]
[C] Say a [F] prayer for the ones we leave behind.
[Bb] [C] Say a prayer [Bb] [F] for us all.
[Bb] [C]
Come take my hand [F] now, hold on tight.
[D] Take [C] one last look [F] at that [Bb] wall.
[C]
[A] Thank God the shattered glass.
Thank God the [C] broken hearts.
Thank God the battered dreams of [G] families [C] left torn [A] apart.
Wall of bitter tears, wall of [B] crying [C] pain, wall of chilling [G] fear.
You will [C] never [G] keep me [A] here for I, [B] I [C] shall fall [G] right [C] down [G] through [A] that wall.
[Bm] I [C] will fall [G] right [C] off [G] through [A] that wall.
[Gbm] [A]
That pitiful night I was one that got away.
[G] [A] Young and restless, renegade.
Chasing my dreams, still on the run.
Hands up moments in the sun.
[G]
[C] Year flew by [F] like the speeding food [C] train.
Sang my song to [F] one and all.
[Bb] [F]
[C] Then came the day [F] when I had a [C] chance to pay my respect to the names of that wall.
[Bb] [C]
[A] I saw the wooden crosses, saw the [Bm] bloody [C] stains.
Saw the gruesome pictures of [G] all the [C] ones that [G] died in [A] vain.
Wall of helpless victims, wall of [C] bedless shame.
If just one thing gone wrong, [G] I might have [C] joined that [G] list of [A] names and died.
I [G] cried [C] for all, [G] died [C] there [G] last [A] for one.
[Bm] Oh, I [C] recall [G] we [C] faced [G] death [A] alone.
[G] [A]
[F] Freedom [A] has many difficulties, [G] it's not [F] perfect.
But we have never had to put a wall up to the possibility of a [G]
[A]
[Am] [B]
[F] new day.
[G]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [G]
[C] Turned up the news [F] in November at night.
[C] I couldn't move, I [F] could not speak.
[Bb] [F]
[C] Something was burning [F] up in my [C] eyes.
Something went round out my [F] [Bb] cheek.
[C]
[A] All those laughing faces, all those [Bm] tears of [C] joy.
All those warm embraces, [G] offended with [C] [D] tears and [A] voice.
Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing [Bm] freedom [C] song.
God, if only I could be there to [G] shake your [C] hands and [D] sing along.
[A] Oh, I, [Bm] I [C] would try, [G] try [C] to come [A] back home.
[Bm] Join [C] you all, yeah, dancing on [A] the wall.
[B]
[C] Standing tall, [G] [C] walking on [A] the wall.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down, right down [G] to the [A] ground.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down, [G] right [C] down [G] to [A] the ground.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down [G] [C] to the [A] ground.
[C] [G] [C]
[A] [Bm]
[C]
[Dm]
[A]
[D]
[A] This ain't no game [D] boy, don't make a sound.
Watch that man [A] with the gun.
[Bm]
[C] Say a [F] prayer for the ones we leave behind.
[Bb] [C] Say a prayer [Bb] [F] for us all.
[Bb] [C]
Come take my hand [F] now, hold on tight.
[D] Take [C] one last look [F] at that [Bb] wall.
[C]
[A] Thank God the shattered glass.
Thank God the [C] broken hearts.
Thank God the battered dreams of [G] families [C] left torn [A] apart.
Wall of bitter tears, wall of [B] crying [C] pain, wall of chilling [G] fear.
You will [C] never [G] keep me [A] here for I, [B] I [C] shall fall [G] right [C] down [G] through [A] that wall.
[Bm] I [C] will fall [G] right [C] off [G] through [A] that wall.
[Gbm] [A]
That pitiful night I was one that got away.
[G] [A] Young and restless, renegade.
Chasing my dreams, still on the run.
Hands up moments in the sun.
[G]
[C] Year flew by [F] like the speeding food [C] train.
Sang my song to [F] one and all.
[Bb] [F]
[C] Then came the day [F] when I had a [C] chance to pay my respect to the names of that wall.
[Bb] [C]
[A] I saw the wooden crosses, saw the [Bm] bloody [C] stains.
Saw the gruesome pictures of [G] all the [C] ones that [G] died in [A] vain.
Wall of helpless victims, wall of [C] bedless shame.
If just one thing gone wrong, [G] I might have [C] joined that [G] list of [A] names and died.
I [G] cried [C] for all, [G] died [C] there [G] last [A] for one.
[Bm] Oh, I [C] recall [G] we [C] faced [G] death [A] alone.
[G] [A]
[F] Freedom [A] has many difficulties, [G] it's not [F] perfect.
But we have never had to put a wall up to the possibility of a [G]
[A]
[Am] [B]
[F] new day.
[G]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [G]
[C] Turned up the news [F] in November at night.
[C] I couldn't move, I [F] could not speak.
[Bb] [F]
[C] Something was burning [F] up in my [C] eyes.
Something went round out my [F] [Bb] cheek.
[C]
[A] All those laughing faces, all those [Bm] tears of [C] joy.
All those warm embraces, [G] offended with [C] [D] tears and [A] voice.
Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing [Bm] freedom [C] song.
God, if only I could be there to [G] shake your [C] hands and [D] sing along.
[A] Oh, I, [Bm] I [C] would try, [G] try [C] to come [A] back home.
[Bm] Join [C] you all, yeah, dancing on [A] the wall.
[B]
[C] Standing tall, [G] [C] walking on [A] the wall.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down, right down [G] to the [A] ground.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down, [G] right [C] down [G] to [A] the ground.
[Bm]
[C] Tear it down [G] [C] to the [A] ground.
[C] [G] [C]
[A] [Bm]
[C]
Key:
C
G
A
F
Bm
C
G
A
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ This _ ain't no game [D] boy, don't make a sound.
_ Watch that man [A] with the gun.
_ [Bm] _
[C] Say a [F] prayer for the ones we leave behind.
[Bb] _ [C] Say a prayer [Bb] [F] for us all.
[Bb] _ [C] _
Come take my hand [F] now, hold on tight.
[D] Take [C] one last look [F] at that [Bb] wall.
[C] _
[A] Thank God the shattered glass.
Thank God the [C] broken hearts.
Thank God the battered dreams of [G] families [C] left torn [A] apart.
Wall of bitter tears, wall of [B] crying [C] pain, wall of chilling [G] fear.
You will [C] never [G] keep me [A] here for I, _ _ _ [B] I [C] shall fall _ [G] right [C] down [G] through [A] that wall.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I [C] will fall _ [G] right [C] off [G] through [A] that wall. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [A] _ _
That pitiful night I was one that got away.
[G] _ [A] Young and restless, _ renegade. _
_ Chasing my dreams, still on the run.
_ Hands up moments in the sun.
[G] _
[C] Year flew by [F] like the speeding food [C] train.
_ Sang my song to [F] one and all.
[Bb] _ [F] _
[C] Then came the day [F] when I had a [C] chance to pay my respect to the names of that wall.
[Bb] _ [C] _
[A] I saw the wooden crosses, saw the [Bm] bloody [C] stains.
Saw the gruesome pictures of [G] all the [C] ones that [G] died in [A] vain.
Wall of helpless victims, wall of [C] bedless shame.
If just one thing gone wrong, [G] I might have [C] joined that [G] list of [A] names and died.
_ _ I [G] cried [C] for all, _ [G] died [C] there [G] last [A] for one.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh, I [C] recall _ _ _ [G] we [C] faced [G] death [A] alone.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Freedom [A] has many difficulties, [G] _ _ it's not [F] perfect.
But we have never had to put a wall up to the possibility _ _ _ _ _ of a [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ new day. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Turned up the news [F] in November at night.
[C] I couldn't move, I [F] could not speak.
[Bb] _ [F] _
[C] Something was burning [F] up in my [C] eyes.
_ Something went round out my [F] [Bb] cheek.
[C] _
[A] _ All those laughing faces, all those [Bm] tears of [C] joy.
All those warm embraces, [G] offended with [C] [D] tears and [A] voice.
Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing [Bm] freedom [C] song.
God, if only I could be there to [G] shake your [C] hands and [D] sing along.
[A] Oh, I, _ _ _ [Bm] I [C] would try, _ [G] try [C] to come [A] back _ home.
_ _ [Bm] Join [C] you all, yeah, dancing on [A] the wall.
_ _ _ _ [B]
[C] Standing tall, _ _ [G] [C] walking on [A] the wall.
_ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down, _ right down [G] to the [A] _ ground.
_ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down, _ [G] right [C] down [G] to [A] the ground.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down _ _ [G] _ [C] to the [A] _ ground.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ This _ ain't no game [D] boy, don't make a sound.
_ Watch that man [A] with the gun.
_ [Bm] _
[C] Say a [F] prayer for the ones we leave behind.
[Bb] _ [C] Say a prayer [Bb] [F] for us all.
[Bb] _ [C] _
Come take my hand [F] now, hold on tight.
[D] Take [C] one last look [F] at that [Bb] wall.
[C] _
[A] Thank God the shattered glass.
Thank God the [C] broken hearts.
Thank God the battered dreams of [G] families [C] left torn [A] apart.
Wall of bitter tears, wall of [B] crying [C] pain, wall of chilling [G] fear.
You will [C] never [G] keep me [A] here for I, _ _ _ [B] I [C] shall fall _ [G] right [C] down [G] through [A] that wall.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I [C] will fall _ [G] right [C] off [G] through [A] that wall. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [A] _ _
That pitiful night I was one that got away.
[G] _ [A] Young and restless, _ renegade. _
_ Chasing my dreams, still on the run.
_ Hands up moments in the sun.
[G] _
[C] Year flew by [F] like the speeding food [C] train.
_ Sang my song to [F] one and all.
[Bb] _ [F] _
[C] Then came the day [F] when I had a [C] chance to pay my respect to the names of that wall.
[Bb] _ [C] _
[A] I saw the wooden crosses, saw the [Bm] bloody [C] stains.
Saw the gruesome pictures of [G] all the [C] ones that [G] died in [A] vain.
Wall of helpless victims, wall of [C] bedless shame.
If just one thing gone wrong, [G] I might have [C] joined that [G] list of [A] names and died.
_ _ I [G] cried [C] for all, _ [G] died [C] there [G] last [A] for one.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh, I [C] recall _ _ _ [G] we [C] faced [G] death [A] alone.
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Freedom [A] has many difficulties, [G] _ _ it's not [F] perfect.
But we have never had to put a wall up to the possibility _ _ _ _ _ of a [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ new day. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] Turned up the news [F] in November at night.
[C] I couldn't move, I [F] could not speak.
[Bb] _ [F] _
[C] Something was burning [F] up in my [C] eyes.
_ Something went round out my [F] [Bb] cheek.
[C] _
[A] _ All those laughing faces, all those [Bm] tears of [C] joy.
All those warm embraces, [G] offended with [C] [D] tears and [A] voice.
Sisters and brothers dancing, all singing [Bm] freedom [C] song.
God, if only I could be there to [G] shake your [C] hands and [D] sing along.
[A] Oh, I, _ _ _ [Bm] I [C] would try, _ [G] try [C] to come [A] back _ home.
_ _ [Bm] Join [C] you all, yeah, dancing on [A] the wall.
_ _ _ _ [B]
[C] Standing tall, _ _ [G] [C] walking on [A] the wall.
_ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down, _ right down [G] to the [A] _ ground.
_ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down, _ [G] right [C] down [G] to [A] the ground.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] Tear it down _ _ [G] _ [C] to the [A] _ ground.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _