{"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":2795035,"song":"Fortress Around Your Heart","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2795035-fortress-around-your-heart-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2795035?type=chord","rating":4.82095,"votes":17,"content":"NOTES:\r\n- I transcribed this from Rick Beato's playing in his video \"LADY GAGA \r\n\"Shallow\" LAWSUIT | Why This Will Keep Happening\", timestamp 9:23\r\n- [ch]G[/ch] = 3x0003\r\n- [ch]C[/ch] = 335553\r\n- [ch]D[/ch] = 557775\r\n- [ch]Cm7[/ch] = 335343\r\n- [ch]Dm7[/ch] = 557565\r\n- [ch]Eb[/ch] = 365343\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff #1\r\n e|--10----10--10----10----10----10----10----10--|\r\n B|--10----10--13----13----10----10----13----13--|\r\n G|--12----12--12----12----10----10----12----12--|\r\n D|--12----12--10----10----10----10----10----10--|\r\n A|------------------------13----13--------------|\r\n E|----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff #2\r\n e|--9----9--8----8----6----6----8----8--|\r\n B|--8----8--9----9----8----8----9----9--|\r\n G|--6----6--8----8----6----6----8----8--|\r\n D|--------------------------------------|\r\n A|--------------------------------------|\r\n E|--------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff #3 (same shapes from #1, but one fret back)\r\n e|--9----9--9----9----9----9----9----9--|\r\n B|--9----9--12---12---9----9----12---12-|\r\n G|--11---11-11---11---9----9----11---11-|\r\n D|--11---11-9----9----9----9----9----9--|\r\n A|--------------------12---12-----------|\r\n E|--------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff #4 (similar shapes to #2)\r\n e|--5----5--4----4----2----2----5----5--|\r\n B|--4----4--5----5----4----4----4----4--|\r\n G|--2----2--4----4----2----2----4----4--|\r\n D|--------------------------------------|\r\n A|--------------------------------------|\r\n E|--------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nRiff #1 x4\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n(Riff #1)\r\nUnder the ruins of a walled city\r\nCrumbling towers in beams of yellow light\r\nNo flags of truce, no cries of pity\r\nThe siege guns have been pounding all through the night\r\n\r\n(Riff #2)\r\nIt took a day to build the city\r\nWe walked through the streets in the afternoon\r\n\r\n(Riff #3)\r\nAs I returned across the fields I'd known\r\nI recognized the walls that I once laid\r\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\r\n\r\n(Riff #4)\r\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if I built this fortress around your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEncircled you in trenches and barbed wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd let me set the battlements on fire[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff #1 x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n(Riff #1)\r\nThen I went off to fight some battle\r\nThat I'd invented inside my head\r\n\r\n(Riff #2)\r\nAway so long for years and years\r\nYou probably thought or even wished that I was dead\r\n\r\n(Riff #3)\r\nWhile the armies all are sleeping\r\nBeneath the tattered flag we made\r\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\r\n\r\n(Riff #4)\r\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if I built this fortress around your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEncircled you in trenches and barbed wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd let me set the battlements on fire[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff #1 x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n(Riff #1)\r\nThis prison has now become your home\r\nA sentence you seem prepared to pay\r\n\r\n(Riff #2)\r\nIt took a day to build the city\r\nWe walked through the streets in the afternoon\r\n\r\n(Riff #3)\r\nAs I returned across the lands I'd known\r\nI recognized the fields where I'd once played\r\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\r\n\r\n(Riff #4)\r\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if I built this fortress around your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEncircled you in trenches and barbed wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd let me set the battlements on fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\nRiff #1\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks Rick Beato","plain_text":"NOTES:\n- I transcribed this from Rick Beato's playing in his video \"LADY GAGA \n\"Shallow\" LAWSUIT | Why This Will Keep Happening\", timestamp 9:23\n- G = 3x0003\n- C = 335553\n- D = 557775\n- Cm7 = 335343\n- Dm7 = 557565\n- Eb = 365343\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nRiff #1 x4\n\n[Verse]\n\n(Riff #1)\nUnder the ruins of a walled city\nCrumbling towers in beams of yellow light\nNo flags of truce, no cries of pity\nThe siege guns have been pounding all through the night\n\n(Riff #2)\nIt took a day to build the city\nWe walked through the streets in the afternoon\n\n(Riff #3)\nAs I returned across the fields I'd known\nI recognized the walls that I once laid\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\n\n(Riff #4)\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff #1 x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n(Riff #1)\nThen I went off to fight some battle\nThat I'd invented inside my head\n\n(Riff #2)\nAway so long for years and years\nYou probably thought or even wished that I was dead\n\n(Riff #3)\nWhile the armies all are sleeping\nBeneath the tattered flag we made\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\n\n(Riff #4)\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff #1 x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n(Riff #1)\nThis prison has now become your home\nA sentence you seem prepared to pay\n\n(Riff #2)\nIt took a day to build the city\nWe walked through the streets in the afternoon\n\n(Riff #3)\nAs I returned across the lands I'd known\nI recognized the fields where I'd once played\nI had to stop in my tracks for fear\n\n(Riff #4)\nOf walking on the mines I'd laid\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nRiff #1\n\n\nThanks Rick Beato","chords":["G","C","D","Cm7","Dm7","Eb","B","A","E","Em","D/F#","Am7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}