Song: These Walls
Artist: Kendrick Lamar
Album: To Pimp A Butterfly
Tabbed By: Stefan Iyapah
suggested voicings
Abmaj9 4x5343
Gm7 3x333x
Gm7/C x3333x
Fmaj7 1x221x
Dbmaj7 x43111
C x3201x
Db/F 14312x
Fmaj7(alt) x8755x
Dm7 x5356x
Db6/9 x4334x
Dbmaj9 x4354x
Fm7 1x111x
Fm7#5 1x112x
Fmaj9 1x201x
Abmaj7 4x554x
Gm11/C x3331x
I have put the chords in the right place lyric wise but have a listen to the song for the
rhythm as the same rhythm repeats throughout the whole song.
[INTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence
Sometimes, I did the same
[woman moaning]
If these walls could talk (x6)
Sex
[PRECHORUS]
Abmaj9 Gm7
................
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
She just want to close her eyes and sway
Gm7/C Abmaj9 Gm7
With you, With you, With you
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
Exercise her right to work it out
Gm7/C C Db/F
It's true, it's true, it's true
Dbmaj7 Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
Shout out to the birthday girls say hey, (heyyy)
Db/F
say hey
Dbmaj7 Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9
...Everyone deserves a night to play
And she plays only when you tell her no
[CHORUS]
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I love it when I’m in it... I love it when I’m in it)
[VERSE I]
Abmaj9 Gm7
If these walls could talk they’d tell me to swim good
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
No boat, I float better than he would
Gm7/C
No life jacket, I’m not the God of Nazareth
But your flood can be misunderstood
Abmaj9 Gm7
Walls telling me they full of pain, resentment
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
Need someone to live in them just to relieve tension
Me? I’m just a tenant
Gm7/C
Landlord said these walls vacant more than a minute
Db/F Dbmaj7
These walls are vulnerable, exclamation
Interior pink, color coordinated
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
..I interrogated, every nook and cranny
I mean it's still amazing before they couldn’t stand me
Db/F
...These walls want to cry tears
Dbmaj7
...These walls happier when I’m here
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9
...These walls never could hold up
Every time I come around demolition might crush
[CHORUS]
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I love it when I’m in it... I love it when I’m in it)
[VERSE II]
Abmaj9 Gm7
If these walls could talk they’d tell me to go deep
Gm7/C Fmaj7
Yelling at me continuously, I can see
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
..Your defense mechanism is my decision
Knock these walls down, that’s my religion
Abmaj9 Gm7
Walls feeling like they ready to close in
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
I suffocate, then catch my second wind
I resonate in these walls
Gm7/C
I don’t know how long I can wait in these walls
Db/F
I’ve been on these streets too long
Dbmaj7
Looking at you from the outside in
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7
They sing the same old song
Dbmaj9
About how they walls always the cleanest
Db/F
I beg to differ, I must’ve missed them
Dbmaj7
I’m not involved, I’d rather diss them
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9
I’d rather call on you, put your wall up
Cause when I come around demolition gon’ crush
[CHORUS]
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)
Abmaj9 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7
If these walls could talk
Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
(I love it when I’m in it... I love it when I’m in it)
[INTERLUDE]
Abmaj7 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
Abmaj7 Gm7 Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj9 Gm11/C
{BRIDGE]
Fm7
If your walls could talk, they’d tell you it’s too late
Dbmaj9
Your destiny accepted your fate
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
Burn accessories and stash them where they are
Take the recipe, the Bible and God
Fm7#5
Wall telling you that commissary is low
Dbmaj9
Race wars happening no calling CO
Fmaj7(alt) Dm7
No calling your mother to save you
Db6/9
Homies to say you're reputable, not acceptable
Abmaj9 Gm7
Your behavior is Sammy Da Bull like
Gm7/C
A killer that turned snitch
Fmaj9 Dbmaj9
Walls is telling me you a bitch
Gm7/C
You pray for appeals hoping the warden would afford them
That sentence so important
Abmaj7 Gm7
Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj9
Retaliation is strong, you even dream 'bout me
Gm11/C
Killed my homeboy and God spared your life
Dumb criminal got indicted same night
Abmaj7 Gm11
So when you play this song, rewind the first verse
Gm7/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj7
About me abusing my power so you can hurt
Gm11/C
About me and her in the shower whenever she horny
About me and her in the after hours of the morning
Abmaj7 Gm11
About her baby daddy currently serving life
Gm11/C Fmaj7 Dbmaj9
And how she think about you until we meet up at night
Gm11/C
About the only girl that cared about you when you asked her
And how she fucking on a famous rapper
Fm7#5 Dbmaj9 Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
Walls could talk
Fm7#5 Dbmaj9 Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9
[OUTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in a hotel room
