Fortress Around Your Heart chords by Sting (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
Verse 1
(G minor) Under the (C/G) ruins of a (G minor9) walled ci (C/G) ty
(G minor) Crumbling (C/G) towers and (G minor9) beams
of yellow (C/G) lights
(G minor) No flags (C/G) of truce, no (G minor9) cries of pi (C/G) ty
(G minor) The siege guns (C/G) have been
pound (G minor9) ing through the nights (C/G)
(E flat7) It took a (A flat/Eb) day to (E flat7) build the ci (A flat/Eb) ty
(E flat7) We walked (A flat/Eb) through its streets
in (E flat7) the afternoon (A flat/Eb)
(F sharp minor) As I re (B/F#) turned across (F sharp minor9) the fields i'd (B/F#) known
(F sharp minor) I recog (B/F#) nize the walls (F sharp minor9) that I once (B/F#) laid
(F sharp minor) Had to (B/F#) stop in my (F sharp minor9) tracks for (B/F#) fear
Of (B7) walking (E/B) on the (B7) mines I'd (E/B) laid
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Chorus 1
And if (E minor) I (D/F#) built this (G major) fort (A minor) ress
a (D major) round your heart (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
En (E minor) circled (D/F#) you in (G major) trenches
and (A minor) barbed (D major) wire (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
Then (E minor) let me (D/F#) build a (G major) bridge (A minor)
For I can (D major) not fill (C/D) the chas (D major) m (C/D)
And (C minor7) let me (D minor7) set the (E flat minoraj7) battle (Fadd9) ments on
Interlude 1
(G minor) (fire) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
Verse 2
(G minor) Then I went (C/G) off to (G minor9) fight some bat (C/G) tle
(G minor) That I'd in (C/G) vented in (G minor9) side my head (C/G)
(E flat7) Away (A flat/Eb) so long for (E flat7) years and years (A flat/Eb)
(E flat7) You probably (A flat/Eb) thought
or even (E flat7) wished that I was (A flat/Eb) dead
(F sharp minor) While the (B/F#) armies are (F sharp minor9) all sleep (B/F#) ing
(F sharp minor) Beneath (B/F#) the tattered (F sharp minor9) flag we'd made (B/F#)
(F sharp minor) I had (B/F#) to stop my (F sharp minor9) tracks for (B/F#) fear
Of (B7) walking (E/B) on the (B7) mines I'd (E/B) laid
Chorus 2
And if (E minor) I (D/F#) built this (G major) fort (A minor) ress
a (D major) round your heart (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
En (E minor) circled (D/F#) you in (G major) trenches
and (A minor) barbed (D major) wire (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
Then (E minor) let me (D/F#) build a (G major) bridge (A minor)
For I can (D major) not fill (C/D) the chas (D major) m (C/D)
And (C minor7) let me (D minor7) set the (E flat minoraj7) battle (Fadd9) ments on
Interlude 2
(G minor) (fire) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
Verse 3
(G minor) This prison (C/G) has now be (G minor9) come your home (C/G)
(G minor) A sentence (C/G) you seem pre (G minor9) pared to pay (C/G)
(E flat7) It took a (A flat/Eb) day to build (E flat7) the city (A flat/Eb)
(E flat7) We walked (A flat/Eb) through its streets
in the (E flat7) after noon (A flat/Eb)
(F sharp minor) As I re (B/F#) turned across (F sharp minor9) the lands i'd known (B/F#)
(F sharp minor) I recog (B/F#) nize the fields (F sharp minor9)
where I once (B/F#) played
(F sharp minor) Had to (B/F#) stop in my (F sharp minor9) tracks for (B/F#) fear
Of (B7) walking (E/B) on the (B7) mines I'd (E/B) laid
Chorus 3
And if (E minor) I (D/F#) built this (G major) fort (A minor) ress
a (D major) round your heart (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
En (E minor) circled (D/F#) you in (G major) trenches
and (A minor) barbed (D major) wire (C/D) (D major) (C/D)
Then (E minor) let me (D/F#) build a (G major) bridge (A minor)
For I can (D major) not fill (C/D) the chas (D major) m (C/D)
And (C minor7) let me (D minor7) set the (E flat minoraj7) battle (Fadd9) ments on
Outro 1
(G minor) (fire) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
(G minor) (C/G) (G minor9) (C/G)
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Fortress Around Your Heart
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