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