The Fabulous Bentley Brothers – Nehemiah chords

[Intro]
G C G D

[Verse 1]
            G    CThere was a time when
    G           DThe wall of jerusalem
G   C   G    D       Glay in ruin and disarray
C     G   D          G    C           G          Dthen nehemiah said "hey, when will my people get aid"

[Verse 2]
     G     C   G   D              Gyou see, nehemiah lived way back east,
C        G    D         G       C       G       Dhe was cupbearer to the king of persia artaxerxes,
            G             C         G          Dhe prayed "please let the king find favor with me"

[Verse 3]
         Em             D           C             Ghe said king is there a way I could use some sick days
   Em          D                   C         Gto travel back home and oh there's one more thing
          Em              D                C           Gwould you gaurantee safe passage, oh and I just remembered
          Em              D        C         Gcould you get your lumberjack to cut me some timber

[Chorus]
             G     C       G   Dto build the wall yall, a wall yall
    G    C       G    Dthe wall yall, a wall yall
    G    C       G           D            G C G Dthe wall yall, a wall in the book of nehemiah

[Verse 4]
      G    C   G        D               G   Che arrived at jerusalem got the people started,
        G          D      G        C    G            D          Ghe said don't lose heart, don't forget, rome wasn't built in a day,
          C         G                  Dand as of yet, they still haven't finished it

[Verse 5]
G       C       G              D           G       Cday and night, working up the wall to it's full height,
    G             D         G    Cbut then came the mean old ammonites,
G                D           G    C        G            Dthey said out of spite "this wall won't go up without a fight..."

[Verse 6]
            Em         D         C         G"well we're gonna keep building this wall here"
         Em      D                C        Gwith a shovel in one hand and the other a spear
    Em       D          C          Gand even without modern day pepper spray,
       Em          D        C        Gthey finished that wall in fifty two days

[Chorus]
             G     C       G   Dthey built the wall yall, a wall yall
    G    C       G    Dthe wall yall, a wall yall
    G    C       G           D            G C G Dthe wall yall, a wall in the book of nehemiah
     G C     G           D            Gnehemiah, a wall in the book of nehemiah