The Walls Are Coming Down Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro chords

G Am C/G Am C/G Am D [G C/G D] x2

Verse 1 chords:

GThey swallowed it whole, they C/Gwent for the gDold, for the Ggold

 We fall for the same liC/Ges we all have the sDame shoes to fGit

Interlude

 [G C/G D] x2

Verse 2

[use verse 1 chords]

The preachers and books of your empire will fight here alone

Some day the will be forgotten and die one by one

Chorus chords

C/G The walls the wGalls are coming down C/G

 The here and Gnow is coming round C/G

 It will sGome day let you Ddown C/G

 The ships the Gships are coming in C/G

 The great iGdeas are wearing thin C/G

 There is nGothing left to Ddo

Verse 3

[use verse 1 chords]

For atoms have gone as far as atoms will go

Your books write themselves, they line up in row after row

Interlude

 [G C/G D] x3

Chorus 2

[use chorus 1 chords]

The walls the walls are coming down

The here and now is coming round

It will some day let you down

The ships the ships are coming in

The great ideas are wearing thin

There is nothing left to do

Outro

[G C/G D] repeat a few times, repeat chorus once, end on G