Sting - Fortress around your heart (CD -The Dream of the Blue Turtles) Chords

Tempo:
124.05 bpm
Chords used:

Db

Ebm

Eb

Dbm

Gb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sting - Fortress around your heart (CD -The Dream of the Blue Turtles) chords
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[C] [Db]
[B] [Db] [Ab] [Db]
[B] [Db] [Ebm] [Db]
[B] [Db] [Ebm] [Dbm]
[B] [Db] [Eb] [Db] under the ruins [Gb] of a [Bb] walled city [Db] crumbling tar [B] and beams of [Db] yellow lights
[Ebm] [Db] no flags of [Gb] truth no cries [Db] of pity [Ebm] [Dbm] siege guns are [B] being pulled into [Db] the night
[Ab] [Dbm] it took a [E] day to mend [A] the city [E] [Dbm] we walked through its [E] streets in the [A] afternoon
[Dm] [Cm] I returned [Bb] across the [A] fields I'd known [Dm] [Cm] I recognized [Bb] the walls that [Cm] I'd once [Dm] made
[Cm] had to [F] stop in my tracks [Cm] for fear [C] of [F] walking on [C] the mines [F] I'd [Fm] landed
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your heart
[Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb] the watch
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bbm] forget [Eb] I've built a castle
[Dbm] the [Ebm] memories of [E] the [Gb] battle was [Bb] hard to hide
[Abm] [Gb] [Ebm] [Gb]
[Abm] [Dbm] [Ab] [Dbm] and I went [Gb] off to fight [Db] some battle [Ebm] [Db] that I'd invented [B] inside [Db] my head
[Ab] [A] away so [E] long for years [A] and years
[Ab] you [A] probably thought [E] or even wished that [A] I was dead
[D] [Cm] while the [Bb] armies of [Cm] awesome doom [D] [Cm] beneath the [Bb] tattered flag [Cm] we'd [D] made
[C] I had [F] to stop my tracks [C] for fear of [F] walking on [C] the mines [F] [Fm] I'd land
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your heart
[Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb] the watch
[Fm] [Eb] forget [Ab] [Bbm] [Eb] I've built a castle
[Dbm] the [Ebm] memories of [E] the [Gb] battle was [Abm] hard to hide
[Gb]
[Abm] [Ebm] [Db]
[Gb] [Db] [Abm] [Db]
[Bm] [Db] [Ebm] [Db] so listen as I [B] become your [Db] [Ebm] home
a [Dbm] sentence you [Ebm] seem prepared [Dbm] to pay
[Ab] it [Dbm] took a day [E] to build the [Dbm] city
a walk through its [E] streets in the [Dbm] afternoon
[D] as [C] I returned [Bb] across the lands [Cm] I'd known
[D] [Cm] I recognized [Bb] the fields where I'd [Cm] once [Dm] played
had to stop [Bb] in my tracks [C] for fear of [F] walking on the mines [Fm] I'd land
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your heart
[Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bbm] the watch
forget [Eb] I've built a castle
the [Dbm] [Ebm] memories of [E] the battle [Gb] was [Abm] hard to hide
[Gb] [Dbm] [Gb]
[B] [Dbm] [Ebm] [Gb]
[Db]
[Abm] [Db] [Gb]
[Bb] [Db] [Ebm] [Db]
[B] [Db] [Ebm] [Db]
[Ebm] [Db] [Abm] [Db]
[Ebm] [Db] [Ebm] [Gb]
[Ebm] [Gb]
[Bb]
[Abm]
Key:  
Db
12341114
Ebm
13421116
Eb
12341116
Dbm
13421114
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Ebm
13421116
Eb
12341116
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To learn Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Fm, Eb, Fm, Eb, Ab, Bbm, Eb, Ebm, Db, B and Db. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 62 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 124. Given the song's key of Gb Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] [Db] under the ruins [Gb] of a [Bb] walled city _ [Db] crumbling tar [B] and beams of [Db] yellow lights
[Ebm] _ [Db] no flags of [Gb] truth no cries [Db] of pity [Ebm] _ [Dbm] siege guns are [B] being pulled into [Db] the night
_ [Ab] [Dbm] it took a [E] day to mend [A] the city [E] _ [Dbm] we walked through its [E] streets in the [A] afternoon
[Dm] _ [Cm] I returned [Bb] across the [A] fields I'd known _ [Dm] [Cm] I recognized [Bb] the walls that [Cm] I'd once [Dm] made
[Cm] had to [F] stop in my tracks [Cm] for fear [C] of [F] walking on [C] the mines [F] I'd _ [Fm] landed
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your _ heart
_ [Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb] the watch
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ forget [Eb] I've built a castle
_ [Dbm] the [Ebm] memories of [E] the [Gb] battle was [Bb] hard to hide
[Abm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] and I went [Gb] off to fight [Db] some battle [Ebm] _ [Db] that I'd invented [B] inside [Db] my head
[Ab] _ [A] away so [E] long for years [A] and years
[Ab] you [A] probably thought [E] or even wished that [A] I was dead
[D] _ [Cm] while the [Bb] armies of [Cm] awesome doom [D] _ [Cm] beneath the [Bb] tattered flag [Cm] we'd _ [D] made
[C] I had [F] to stop my tracks [C] for fear of [F] walking on [C] the mines [F] _ [Fm] I'd land
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your heart
_ _ _ [Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb] the watch _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] forget [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ I've built a castle
_ _ [Dbm] the [Ebm] memories of [E] the [Gb] battle was [Abm] hard to hide
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] so listen as I [B] become your [Db] _ [Ebm] home
a [Dbm] sentence you [Ebm] seem prepared [Dbm] to pay
[Ab] it [Dbm] took a day [E] to build the [Dbm] city
a walk through its [E] streets in the [Dbm] afternoon
_ [D] as [C] I returned [Bb] across the lands [Cm] I'd known
[D] _ [Cm] I recognized [Bb] the fields where I'd [Cm] once [Dm] played
had to stop [Bb] in my tracks [C] for fear of [F] walking on the mines _ [Fm] I'd land
if [Eb] I'd get [Ab] this [Bbm] cold test [Eb] burn out your heart
_ _ _ [Fm] and serve [Eb] those you [Ab] who push [Bbm] the man by [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ the watch
forget [Eb] I've built a castle
the [Dbm] _ [Ebm] memories of [E] the battle [Gb] was [Abm] hard to hide _
[Gb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song was written by Sting.