Chord/Tab song: These Four Walls

By Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal

capo 2

1 time thru before verse

Em D/F# G Am C 3X
G D7sus4 G 1X

(walk down to Em)
[Em]

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Verse 1

[Em]I?m gonna die in t[D/F#]hese fo[G]ur w[Am]alls[C]
[Em]I?ve had enough and I?[D/F#]ve trie[G]d it [Am]all[C]
[Em]I?ll watch the day break and I?ll s[D/F#]ee the [G]night [Am]fall[C]
In these four wa[G]lls[D7sus4][G]

(walk down to Em)

Verse 2

[Em]Show me trouble I?ll[D/F#] take h[G]im d[Am]own[C]
[Em]I drew a line on this [D/F#]patch o[G]f gr[Am]ound[C]
[Em]Everything?s safe and eve[D/F#]rything[G]?s s[Am]ound[C]
In these four w[G]all[D7sus4]s[G]

(walk up from G to A# )
[G] [A#]

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Chorus

[A#]Up on the rooftop I can remember
[Cm]Borders I had to [Gm]break
[A#]Now I can see I had this life
[Cm]To make t[D/F#]o make

Verse 3

[Em]I?m gonna miss you[D/F#]r south[G]ern [Am]drawl[C]
[Em]A baby?s footsteps[D/F#] in an [G]empt[Am]y hal[C]l
[Em]And every little t[D/F#]hing I [G]can [Am]ever [C]recall
In these four w[G]all[D7sus4]s these [G]four walls

(walk down to Em)

1 time thru before chorus

Em D/F# G Am C 3X
G D7sus4 G 1X

(walk up from G to A# )

Chorus

[A#]Up on the rooftop You feel like you?re flying
[Cm]Thinking your heart could[Gm] break
[A#]Oh can?t you see we had this love
[Cm]To make to [D/F#]make

(repeat Verse 1)
[Em]I?m gonna die in t[D/F#]hese fo[G]ur w[Am]alls[C]
[Em]I?ve had enough and I?[D/F#]ve trie[G]d it [Am]all[C]
[Em]I?ll watch the day break and I?ll s[D/F#]ee the [G]night [Am]fall[C]
In these four w[G]all[D7sus4]s[G]
these four[D7sus4] walls[G]
these four[D7sus4] walls[G]

Chords
Em X2200X
D/F# XX0232
G 320003
Am X02210
C X32010
D7sus4 3X0213
A# x10330
[Cm] [335543]
[Gm] [355333]