| Cm | Cm(add | b5 | Cm | Cm | add | b5 | |
| On the day the wal | l came | down, they | threw the locks o | n t | o the | ground |
| Fm/Ab | Gsus4 | G | |
| And with glasses high we raised a cry for | freedom had arrived |
| And on the day the wall came down |
| The ship of fools had finally run aground. |
| Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight. |
| CHORUS: |
| F | G/F | F | G/F | F | F/C | C | |
| I dre | amed you | had left | my side. No warmth not e | ven p | ride rema | ined- | - |
| F/C | F | G/F | F | G/F | F | |
| And e | ven though y | ou need | ed me, it was clear that | I could | not |
| F/C | C | C | G/C | G/B | |
| do a t | hing | for you. |
| VERSE: |
| Now life devalues day by day |
| As friends and neighbours turn away. |
| And there's a change that even with regret can not be undone. |
| Now frontiers shift like desert sands, |
| as nations wash their bloodied hands |
| Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey. |
| CHORUS: |
| I woke to the sound of drums. |
| The music played, the morning sun streamed in. |
| I turned and I looked at you, |
| and all but the bitter residue slipped away, |
| slipped away. |
| OUTRO SOLO |