"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