{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":806681,"song":"Fortress Around Your Heart","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11594793-fortress-around-your-heart-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/806681?type=chord","rating":4.96178,"votes":58,"content":"Fortress Around Your Heart – STING \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm9[/ch] (xxxx10-10 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-5 xxxx8-8) \r\n Under the ruins of a walled city[/tab]\r\n Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light\r\n No flags of truce, no cries of pity\r\n The siege guns have been pounding all through the night\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch] (xxxx9-9 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-6 xxxx8-8)            \r\n It took a day to build the city[/tab]\r\n We walked through the streets in the afternoon\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m9[/ch] (xxxx9-9 xxxx7-7 xxxx5-4 xxxx7-7)          \r\n As I returned across the fields I'd known[/tab]\r\n I recognized the walls that I once made\r\n I had to stop in my tracks for fear \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]/4 (xxxx7-7 xxxx5-5 xxxx4-4  SI7/4)           \r\n Of walking on the mines I'd laid[/tab]\r\n\r\n Chorus:\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And if I built this fortress around your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Eb7[/ch]+  [ch]F[/ch]  \r\n And let me set the battlements on fire [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm9[/ch]\r\n Then I went off to fight some battle[/tab]\r\n That I'd invented inside my head\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch] \r\n Away so long for years and years[/tab]\r\n You probably thought or even wished that I was dead\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n While the armies all are sleeping[/tab]\r\n Beneath the tattered flag we made\r\n I had to stop in my tracks for fear\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]/4\r\n Of walking on the mines I'd laid[/tab]\r\n\r\n Repeat Chorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm9[/ch]\r\n This prison has now become your home[/tab]\r\n A sentence you seem prepared to pay\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n It took a day to build the city[/tab]\r\n We walked through it's streets this afternoon\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n As I returned across the lands I'd known[/tab]\r\n I recognized the fields where I'd once played\r\n I had to stop in my tracks fear\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]/4\r\n Of walking on the mines I'd laid[/tab]\r\n\r\n Repeat Chorus\r\n\r\nCIAO\r\nCLAUDIO","plain_text":"Fortress Around Your Heart – STING \n\n\n Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light\n No flags of truce, no cries of pity\n The siege guns have been pounding all through the night\n\n\n We walked through the streets in the afternoon\n\n\n I recognized the walls that I once made\n I had to stop in my tracks for fear \n\n\n\n Chorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n That I'd invented inside my head\n \n\n You probably thought or even wished that I was dead\n \n\n Beneath the tattered flag we made\n I had to stop in my tracks for fear\n\n\n\n Repeat Chorus\n\n\n A sentence you seem prepared to pay\n \n\n We walked through it's streets this afternoon\n\n\n I recognized the fields where I'd once played\n I had to stop in my tracks fear\n\n\n\n Repeat Chorus\n\nCIAO\nCLAUDIO","chords":["Gm9","Eb","F#m9","B7","Em","D/F#","G","Am","D","Cm7","Dm7","Eb7","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}