G#A come let us make bricks
EBC and burn them hard,
C#mAEB we'll build a city with a tower for the world
EB and climb so we can reach
C#mA anything we may propose,
EBA anything at all
 
C#mB build me up, tear me down
AE like a skyscraper,
C#mB build me up, and tear down
G#A these joining walls
EBA so they can't climb at all
C#mBA so they can't climb at all
 
G#AEBC yeah, I know why you tore it down that day,
C#mA you thought, that if you got caught
EB we'd all go away,
EB like a spoiled little baby
C#mA who can't come out and play,
EBA you had your revenge
C#mB build me up, tear me down
AE like a skyscraper,
C#mB build me up, and tear down
G#A these joining walls
EBA so they can't climb at all
C#mBA so they can't climb at all
E well madness reigned
 and paradise drowned 
B when Babel's walls came a-crashing down
C#m now the echoes roar
 a story writ 
A that was hardly understood
EBA and never any good
C#mB so, build me up, tear me down
AE like a skyscraper,
C#mB build me up, and tear down
G#A these joining walls
EBA so they can't climb at all
C#mBA so they can't climb at all