[Verse 1]
G# A E B C
Come let us make bricks and burn them hard
C#m A E B
We'll build a city with a tower for the world
E B C#m A
And climb so we can reach anything we may propose
E B A
Anything at all
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
Build me up, tear me down, like a skyscraper
C#m B G# A
Build me up, then tear down these joining walls
E B A
So they can't climb at all
[Verse 2]
G# A E B C
I know why, you tore it down that day
C#m A E B
You thought that if you got caught, we'd all go away
E B C#m A
Like a spoiled little baby, who can't come out and play
E B A
You had your revenge
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
Build me up, tear me down, like a skyscraper
C#m B G# A
Build me up, then tear down these joining walls
E B A
So they can't climb at all
[Bridge]
E
Well madness reigned, and paradise drowned
B
When Babel's walls came crashing down
C#m
Now the echoes roar for a story writ
A E B A
That was hardly understood, and never any good
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
Build me up, tear me down, like a skyscraper
C#m B G# A
Build me up, then tear down these joining walls
E B A
So they can't climb at all
A B C#m B A
