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Fortress Around Your Heart

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Fortress Around Your Heart – STING 
 Gm9(xxxx10-10 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-5 xxxx8-8) 
 Under the ruins of a walled city
 Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
 No flags of truce, no cries of pity
 The siege guns have been pounding all through the night
 Eb(xxxx9-9 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-6 xxxx8-8)            
 It took a day to build the city
 We walked through the streets in the afternoon
 F#m9(xxxx9-9 xxxx7-7 xxxx5-4 xxxx7-7)          
 As I returned across the fields I'd known
 I recognized the walls that I once made
 I had to stop in my tracks for fear 
B7/4 (xxxx7-7 xxxx5-5 xxxx4-4  SI7/4)           
 Of walking on the mines I'd laid
 Chorus:
 AnEmd if I bD/F#uilt this fGortreAmss arouDnd your heart
 EnEmcircled D/F#you in trenGches Amand barDbed wire
 ThEmen let mD/F#e build a bGridgeAm, for I Dcannot fill the chasm 
         Cm7       Dm7  Eb7+    F  
 And let me set the battlements on fire 
 Gm9Then I went off to fight some battle
 That I'd invented inside my head
 EbAway so long for years and years
 You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
 F#m9While the armies all are sleeping
 Beneath the tattered flag we made
 I had to stop in my tracks for fear
B7/4
 Of walking on the mines I'd laid
 Repeat Chorus
 Gm9This prison has now become your home
 A sentence you seem prepared to pay
 EbIt took a day to build the city
 We walked through it's streets this afternoon
 F#m9As I returned across the lands I'd known
 I recognized the fields where I'd once played
 I had to stop in my tracks fear
B7/4
 Of walking on the mines I'd laid
 Repeat Chorus
CIAO
CLAUDIO

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The story behind the song

"Fortress Around Your Heart" explores the complexities of a struggling romantic relationship, using metaphors of sieges, castle walls, and armies. Sting wrote the song with the central image of a minefield laid around a loved one for protection, only to realize one must then navigate it themselves. It's about appeasement and the effort to bridge the gaps between individuals. This track from his 1985 debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, captures the emotional landscape of trying to connect while facing the defenses built within a relationship.

AI-written from these sources:Fortress Around Your Heart — Wikipedia ↗Sting (musician) — Wikipedia ↗MusicBrainz ↗

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Fortress Around Your Heart

by Sting

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Gm9

F#m9

D/F#

Cm7

Dm7

Eb7

Fortress Around Your Heart – STING

Gm9

(xxxx10-10 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-5 xxxx8-8)

Under the ruins of a walled city

Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light

No flags of truce, no cries of pity

The siege guns have been pounding all through the night

(xxxx9-9 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-6 xxxx8-8)

It took a day to build the city

We walked through the streets in the afternoon

F#m9

(xxxx9-9 xxxx7-7 xxxx5-4 xxxx7-7)

As I returned across the fields I'd known

I recognized the walls that I once made

I had to stop in my tracks for fear

/4 (xxxx7-7 xxxx5-5 xxxx4-4 SI7/4)

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Chorus:

Em D/F# G Am D

And if I built this fortress around your heart

Em D/F# G Am D

Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire

Em D/F# G Am D

Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm

Cm7 Dm7 Eb7 F

And let me set the battlements on fire

Gm9

Then I went off to fight some battle

That I'd invented inside my head

Away so long for years and years

You probably thought or even wished that I was dead

F#m9

While the armies all are sleeping

Beneath the tattered flag we made

I had to stop in my tracks for fear

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Repeat Chorus

Gm9

This prison has now become your home

A sentence you seem prepared to pay

It took a day to build the city

We walked through it's streets this afternoon

F#m9

As I returned across the lands I'd known

I recognized the fields where I'd once played

I had to stop in my tracks fear

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Repeat Chorus

CIAO

CLAUDIO

About Fortress Around Your Heart Chords by Sting

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