A#  C  A#  C 
 
A#             C                               A#               C 
Listen, if you listen you will hear a reckless heartbeat on the inside 
            A#                                   C 
Through the walls the sound is crawling down the corridors and halls 
              A#                           C 
It cracks the ceiling, the windows and the doors 
         A# 
Well the rest won't listen, all the walls have ears 
         C 
But they never really look, they just stand and stare 
            A#                             C  (N C ) 
They're all standing, staring at the walls 
 

G#                         Cm 
Who put the writing on the walls? 
                 G# 
Will no-one ever know? 
                            F 
Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
 

A#                     C             A#                 C 
Tell me, why don't you tell me? Have you got nothing to say? 
        A#                                C 
Tell me where in hell this place is, tell me why I get no answers 
     A#                      C 
Am I talking, talking to the walls? 
        A# 
So it's running, jumping, standing still 
  C 
I think I've had enough of it all 
         A#                       C    (N C ) 
Get your hands up, up against the wall 
 

G#                         Cm 
Who put the writing on the walls? 
                 G# 
Will no-one ever know? 
                            F 
Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
G#                             F 
   Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
                 A# A A# A A# A A#  C  A# A A# A A# A A#  C 
I don't mind the walls 
 

A# 
I'm never going back to the factory, factory 
C 
I'll never be a part of the machinery, machinery 
A# 
I'm never going back to the factory, factory 
C 
I'll never be a part of the machinery, machinery 
A# 
I'm never going back to the factory, factory 
C 
I'll never be a part of the machinery, machinery 
A# 
I'm never going back to the factory, factory 
C 
I'll never be a part of the machinery, machinery 
            A#                                   C 
Through the walls the sound is crawling down the corridors and halls 
              A#                           C 
It cracks the ceiling, the windows and the doors 
         A# 
Well the rest won't listen, all the walls have ears 
         C 
But they never really look, they just stand and stare 
            A#                             C 
They're all standing, staring at the walls 
            A#                             C 
They're all standing, staring at the walls 
            A#                             C  (N C ) 
They're all standing, staring at the walls 
 

G#                         Cm 
Who put the writing on the walls? 
                 G# 
Will no-one ever know? 
                            F 
Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
G#                             F 
   Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
                 A# A A# A A# A A#  C  A# A A# A A# A A#  C  (N C ) 
I don't mind the walls 
 

G#                         Cm 
Who put the writing on the walls? 
                    G# 
Who fights and runs away? 
                    Cm 
The minutes and the hours passing 
                G# 
Chasing out the days 
                              Cm 
The days and nights drag into years 
                G# 
And no-one ever knows 
                            F 
Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
G#                             F 
   Oh, oh and I don't mind the walls 
                 A# A A# A A# A A#  C 
I don't mind the walls