These Walls chords by Kendrick Lamar

Song:    These Walls
Artist:   Kendrick Lamar
Album:    To Pimp A Butterfly



Really great jazz chords in this track! As with most jazz, the fingerings/voicings you use
make a big difference so here are my suggested voicings for the chords used:

Abmaj9   4x5343
Gm7     3x333x
Gm7/C    x3333x
Fmaj7    1x221x
Dbmaj7   x43111
C      x3201x
Db/F    14312x
Fmaj7(alt) x8755x
Dm7     x5356x
Db6/9    x4334x
Dbmaj9   x4354x
Fm7     1x111x
Fm7#5    1x112x
Fmaj9    1x201x
Abmaj7   4x554x
Gm11/C   x3331x

I have put the chords in the right place lyric wise but have a listen to the song for the
rhythm as the same rhythm repeats throughout the whole song.


[INTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence
Sometimes, I did the same

Sound of a woman moaning
If these walls could talk (x6)
Sex

[PRECHORUS]
Abmaj9  Gm7
................

Gm7/C     Fmaj7       Dbmaj7
She just want to close her eyes and sway

   Gm7/C          Abmaj9  Gm7
With you, With you, With you

Gm7/C    Fmaj7     Dbmaj7
Exercise her right to work it out

   Gm7/C   C       Db/F
It's true, it's true, it's true

Dbmaj7               Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
Shout out to the birthday girls say hey, (heyyy)

     Db/F
say hey

  Dbmaj7              Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9
...Everyone deserves a night to play


And she plays only when you tell her no



[CHORUS]
Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

      Dbmaj7          Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

             Dbmaj7            Gm7/C
(I love it when I?m in it... I love it when I?m in it)

[VERSE I]

   Abmaj9      Gm7
If these walls could talk they?d tell me to swim good

Gm7/C     Fmaj7         Dbmaj7
No boat, I float better than he would

                     Gm7/C
No life jacket, I?m not the God of Nazareth


But your flood can be misunderstood

Abmaj9     Gm7
Walls telling me they full of pain, resentment

Gm7/C           Fmaj7          Dbmaj7
Need someone to live in them just to relieve tension


Me? I?m just a tenant

      Gm7/C
Landlord said these walls vacant more than a minute

 Db/F               Dbmaj7
These walls are vulnerable, exclamation


Interior pink, color coordinated

Fmaj7(alt)  Dm7       Dbmaj9
..I interrogated, every nook and cranny


I mean it's still amazing before they couldn?t stand me

Db/F
...These walls want to cry tears

Dbmaj7
...These walls happier when I?m here

Fmaj7(alt)   Dm7       Db6/9
...These walls never could hold up


Every time I come around demolition might crush


[CHORUS]

Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

      Dbmaj7          Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

             Dbmaj7            Gm7/C
(I love it when I?m in it... I love it when I?m in it)

[VERSE II]

Abmaj9         Gm7
If these walls could talk they?d tell me to go deep

 Gm7/C    Fmaj7
Yelling at me continuously, I can see

Dbmaj7                Gm7/C
..Your defense mechanism is my decision


Knock these walls down, that?s my religion

Abmaj9       Gm7
Walls feeling like they ready to close in

Gm7/C     Fmaj7          Dbmaj7
I suffocate, then catch my second wind


I resonate in these walls

      Gm7/C
I don?t know how long I can wait in these walls

          Db/F
I?ve been on these streets too long

    Dbmaj7
Looking at you from the outside in

       Fmaj7(alt)   Dm7
They sing the same old song

    Dbmaj9
About how they walls always the cleanest

     Db/F
I beg to differ, I must?ve missed them

     Dbmaj7
I?m not involved, I?d rather diss them

      Fmaj7(alt) Dm7        Db6/9
I?d rather call on you, put your wall up


Cause when I come around demolition gon? crush


[CHORUS]

Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

      Dbmaj7          Gm7/C
(I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you)

Abmaj9    Gm7     Gm7/C  Fmaj7
If these walls could talk

             Dbmaj7            Gm7/C
(I love it when I?m in it... I love it when I?m in it)

[INTERLUDE]

Abmaj7 Gm7  Gm7/C  Fmaj7  Dbmaj7 Gm7/C

Abmaj7 Gm7  Gm7/C  Fmaj7  Dbmaj9 Gm11/C

{BRIDGE]

   Fm7
If your walls could talk, they?d tell you it?s too late

Dbmaj9
Your destiny accepted your fate

Fmaj7(alt)    Dm7          Dbmaj9
Burn accessories and stash them where they are


Take the recipe, the Bible and God

Fm7#5
Wall telling you that commissary is low

Dbmaj9
Race wars happening no calling CO

Fmaj7(alt)     Dm7
No calling your mother to save you

Db6/9
Homies to say you're reputable, not acceptable

         Abmaj9    Gm7
Your behavior is Sammy Da Bull like

            Gm7/C
A killer that turned snitch

    Fmaj9        Dbmaj9
Walls is telling me you a bitch

                       Gm7/C
You pray for appeals hoping the warden would afford them


That sentence so important

Abmaj7        Gm7
Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"

 Gm7/C     Fmaj7            Dbmaj9
Retaliation is strong, you even dream 'bout me

                      Gm11/C
Killed my homeboy and God spared your life


Dumb criminal got indicted same night

 Abmaj7          Gm11
So when you play this song, rewind the first verse

Gm7/C        Fmaj7        Dbmaj7
About me abusing my power so you can hurt

                         Gm11/C
About me and her in the shower whenever she horny


About me and her in the after hours of the morning

Abmaj7        Gm11
About her baby daddy currently serving life

  Gm11/C          Fmaj7          Dbmaj9
And how she think about you until we meet up at night

                             Gm11/C
About the only girl that cared about you when you asked her


And how she fucking on a famous rapper

      Fm7#5  Dbmaj9   Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Dbmaj9
Walls could talk

Fm7#5   Dbmaj9   Fmaj7(alt) Dm7 Db6/9

[OUTRO]- NO CHORDS
I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in a hotel room