"Build Around Your Heart A Wall"
by Shovels & Rope
'Shovels and Rope'
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
